Molly Thomas at CTV News and Chris Frostad, President & CEO of Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.discuss the potential impact of uranium tariffs on the Canadian economy should such tariffs be levied against Canada. http://purepoint.ca/videos/
Congress would likely have an easier time supporting restrictions on uranium imports – given their use as nuclear power plant fuel. The United States Department of Commerce has launched an investigation to determine if uranium imports threaten national security, raising questions about whether Canadian producers will be exempted from any potential trade restrictions. The investigation, …
The Trump Administration’s decision to levy tariffs on steel and aluminum imports on national security grounds is controversial. Usually, national security is understood in a more direct sense. The relationship between national security and trade has not been well developed in trade law. Surely, probing and pressing in this area is not illegitimate. The idea …
The Trump administration plans to open an investigation into whether uranium imports are harming national security, a move that could lead to tariffs on foreign shipments of the metal, said three people familiar with the matter. U.S. uranium producers Energy Fuels Inc. and Ur-Energy Inc. filed a petition in January asking the Commerce Department to …