News JCB boosts size of new Texas factory to cope with Trump’s tariffs UK-based construction machinery maker JCB will increase the size of a new factory being built in Texas to soften the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs. The company said today that…
News Aluminium alert: US jobs at risk from 25% tariff on critical metal President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imported into the US took effect today, with likely cost hikes for construction, and a warning of 100,000 US jobs…
Markets Trump pauses tariffs after markets slide US President Donald Trump sowed more tariff confusion on Thursday when he paused the 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the US from Canada and Mexico that he put…
News Tariffs to cause ‘dire’ affordability crisis in Canada and US, housebuilders warn Housebuilders on either side of the 49th parallel have warned that President Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, and Canada’s retaliatory tariffs, would drive up the cost of residential construction…
News Builders welcome Trump’s 30-day tariff pause US house builders have welcomed Donald Trump’s 30-day pause on his plan to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, but they urge more dialogue to make the…
News Trump’s tariffs will stoke US housing crisis, builders say Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, announced Saturday, will raise the cost of vital materials used in residential construction and fuel the housing affordability crisis,…