Muva nje, i-Alcoa Corporation ixwayise ngokuthi uhlelo lukaMongameli Trump lokuphoqelela a25% intela ku-aluminiumukuthengwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe, okuhlelwe ukuthi kuqale ukusebenza ngoMashi 12, kumele ukwenyuka ngo-15% uma kuqhathaniswa nezilinganiso zangaphambilini futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kuholele ekulahlekeni kwemisebenzi ecishe ibe yi-100,000 e-United States. UBill Oplinger ongu-CEO wakhe we-Alcoa, engqungqutheleni yezimboni ukuthi amanani angalahlekelwa ngokuqondile aqede imisebenzi engaba ngu-20,000 e-US Phakathi naleso sikhathi, ngokulahleka kwemisebenzi engu-80,000 kuzo zonke izimboni ze-aluminium ezikhuphuka nomfula.

Isenzo sikaTrump sihlose ukukhulisa ukukhiqizwa kwe-aluminium yasekhaya, izincibilikisi ze-Aluminium ezindaweni eziningi zase-United States, njengeKentucky ne-Missouri, zivaliwe ngokulandelana, okubangele ukuthembela okuphawulekayo ekuthengisweni kwe-aluminium ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesidingo sasekhaya. Kodwa-ke, u-Oplinger ugcizelele ukuthi ukuthembela kuphela ezindlekweni akwanele ukuheha i-Alcoa ukuthi iqale kabusha izimboni zayo ezivaliwe zase-US. Yize abaphathi bakaTrump becele inkampani ukuthi yenze lokho, kunzima ukuthi izinkampani zenze izinqumo zokutshala imali, noma ngabe ziqala kabusha izimboni, ngaphandle kwesiqiniseko sokuthi amanani entengo azohlala isikhathi esingakanani.

Ialuminium tariff policy by theUkuphatha kukaTrump kukulungele ukuba nomthelela omkhulu embonini ye-aluminium yase-US kanye namaketanga ahlobene nawo, okwenza intuthuko elandelayo ibe yinkinga ebalulekile okufanele ibhekwe.