NgoMeyi 8 ngexesha lendawo, i-United Kingdom kunye ne-United States zafikelela kwisivumelwano malunga nemiqathango yesivumelwano sokurhweba ngerhafu, egxininisa ukulungiswa kwerhafu kwimveliso kunye nezinto eziluhlaza, kunyeintlawulo yeemveliso ze-aluminiyamamalungiselelo esiba ngomnye wemiba ephambili kuthethathethwano lwamazwe amabini. Phantsi kwesakhelo sesivumelwano, urhulumente wase-Bhritane watshintshiselana ngokuthotywa kwerhafu kumashishini aphambili e-UK ngokuhlengahlengisa imiqobo kumacandelo athile, ngelixa i-US igcine i-10% yoluhlu lweerhafu ezisisiseko kwiindawo ezingundoqo “njengomda wesakhiwo.”

Isiteyitimenti esisemthethweni esikhutshwe ngurhulumente waseBrithani ngaloo mini sibonise ukuba uhlengahlengiso lweerhafu luchaphazela kakhulu imboni yokulungisa isinyithi: iintlawulo kwi-UK yokuthunyelwa kwentsimbi kunye nemveliso ye-aluminium kwi-US iya kuncitshiswa ukusuka kwi-25% ukuya kwi-zero. Lo mgaqo-nkqubo ubandakanya ngokuthe ngqo iindidi eziphambili zeemveliso ze-aluminium ezithunyelwa ngaphandle yi-UK ukuya e-US, kubandakanywa i-aluminiyam engagqitywanga, iiprofayili ze-aluminium alloy, kunye namanye amacandelo e-aluminium enziwe ngomatshini. Idatha ibonisa ukuba i-UK ithumele malunga ne-180,000 yeetoni zeemveliso ze-aluminium e-US ngo-2024, kwaye umgaqo-nkqubo we-zero-tariff kulindeleke ukuba ulondoloze amashishini ase-UK ase-aluminiyam malunga ne-£ 80 yezigidi kwiindleko zerhafu ngonyaka, ukunyusa kakhulu ukukhuphisana kwexabiso kwimarike yaseMntla Melika. Ngokucacileyo, ngelixa i-US yazicima iirhafu kwiimveliso ze-aluminium, yayifuna i-UK ithunyelwe ngaphandleizixhobo aluminiyam ukuhlangabezanaimigangatho yokulandeleka “yemveliso enekhabhoni ephantsi”, oko kukuthi ubuncinci i-75% yamandla emveliso kufuneka iphume kwimithombo ehlaziyekayo. Lo mqathango wongezelelweyo ujolise ukulungelelanisa neqhinga lasekhaya lase-US "lokuvelisa uhlaza".

Kwicandelo leemoto, umrhumo kwiimoto zase-UK ezithunyelwa e-US ziya kuncitshiswa ukusuka kwi-27.5% ukuya kwi-10%, kodwa umda ukhawulelwe kwiinqwelo ze-100,000 ngonyaka (ezigubungela i-98% ye-automotive ye-UK yokuthunyelwa ngaphandle kwe-US ngo-2024). Omabini la macala agxininisa ngokukodwa ukuba amacandelo e-aluminium chassis, amalungu omzimba, kunye nezinye izinto ezisekelwe kwi-aluminium kwizithuthi ezithotyiweyo kufuneka ziphendule ngokungekho ngaphantsi kwe-15%, ngokungangqalanga ukukhuthaza imboni yokuvelisa i-automotive yase-UK ukunyusa umlinganiselo wokusetyenziswa kwe-aluminium yasekhaya kunye nokuqinisa intsebenziswano yase-UK-US kwitsheyini entsha yemoto yemoto yamandla.

Abahlalutyi bachaza ukuba "i-zero tariff" kwi-aluminiyam kunye neemfuno zokulandelelwa kwekhabhoni ephantsi azibonisi nje kuphela ukuqondwa kwe-US ye-UK yoshishino lwe-aluminiyam ye-aluminiyam iteknoloji kodwa ikwathetha ukuyilwa kwayo kobuchule bokutyalwa kwe-aluminiyam yehlabathi jikelele. Kwi-UK, umgaqo-nkqubo we-zero-tariff uvula ukufikelela kwimarike yase-US kwiimveliso zayo ze-aluminium, kodwa kufuneka ikhawulezise ukuguqulwa kwe-decarbonization yayo.imveliso ye-aluminiyam ye-electrolyticumthamo-okwangoku, malunga ne-60% yemveliso ye-aluminium yase-UK isaxhomekeke kwigesi yendalo. Kwixesha elizayo, kuya kufuneka ihlangabezane nemigangatho yase-US ngokuzisa amandla ombane ahlaziyekayo okanye iteknoloji yokubamba i-carbon. Abangaphakathi kwishishini bakholelwa ukuba oku kunokunyanzela ishishini le-aluminiyam lase-UK ukuba likhawulezise inguqu yalo kunye nokuphucula ukufezekisa ikhonkco elipheleleyo lemizi-mveliso ephantsi kwekhabhoni ngo-2030.