Biden wants the U.S. Trade Representative to consider tripling the present tariff level.

Agreement lifts tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum in place for almost a year.

Trump announces preliminary deal with Mexico, but no agreement yet with Canada.

With the price outlook ‘clear as mud,’ says one exec, long-term cost management strategies are elusive

Construction starts are still rising, according to Dodge, but they are set to peak in 2018

Construction companies are planning for the future in the face of current uncertainties.

When President Trump said on March 1 that he would impose tariffs of 25% on foreign steel and 10% on aluminum, it immediately put construction estimators and executives, and the suppliers they rely on, into a holding pattern.

Trump must decide by mid-April whether to adopt Commerce Dept.'s proposed stiff penalties.