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U.S. Doubles Steel, Aluminum Tariffs to 50%

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for June 4. President Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum jumped overnight, leading industry players to warn of price increases and potential shortages. Plus, Journal finance editor Alex Frangos discusses the Federal Reserve’s decision to lift its longstanding cap on Wells Fargo’s assets, imposed as punishment for a fake-accounts scandal. And American Clean Power Association CEO Jason Grumet weighs in on the debate over phasing out clean-energy tax credits that’s dividing some Senate Republicans. Luke Vargas hosts.   Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The U.S. doubles steel and aluminum tariffs. Plus, the handcuffs come off for Wells Fargo,

0:10.1

nearly a decade after its fake account scandal, and the potential phase-out of clean energy tax credits

0:16.3

divides Senate Republicans as the chamber takes on the GOP's big, beautiful bill.

0:22.1

There's right now, by our estimate, $328 billion of clean energy projects under development.

0:28.9

And so the issue is when you have tax policy to encourage U.S. companies to make investments,

0:33.8

if you rip it up too fast, you just strand a lot of investment.

0:36.8

You create a lot of chaos.

0:38.3

It's Wednesday, June 4th.

0:39.9

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

0:41.9

and here is the AM edition of What's News,

0:44.9

the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

0:51.4

50% U.S. tariffs on imported steel and aluminum are kicking in today. That is, a doubling of

0:58.2

prior rates for many of the world's largest metals producers, leading industry players to warn that

1:04.1

the new rate may necessitate price increases from steelmakers or higher surcharges on aluminum

1:10.2

purchases, potentially triggering shortages.

1:13.7

The measures could also shake up trade negotiations with those in talks with Washington.

1:18.9

Journal reporter Kim McCrail is in Paris, where EU trade negotiator Maros Shefjavich

1:24.0

is set to meet with U.S. trade representative Jameson Greer today at meetings convened

1:28.7

by the OECD. For the EU, this is an inconvenient change in U.S. policy, to say the least,

1:36.4

it comes, as I've recently promised to advance negotiations to speed things up. To have another

1:43.2

increase on U.S. tariffs is something that EU officials

1:46.4

have warned could actually cause some problems for those negotiations. They've suggested,

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