Ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuNhlaba ngesikhathi sendawo, i-United Kingdom ne-United States zafinyelela isivumelwano ngemibandela yesivumelwano sohwebo semalifu, esigxile ekulungisweni kwentela ekukhiqizeni nasekusetshenzisweni kwempahla,intela yemikhiqizo ye-aluminiumizinhlelo ziba ngenye yezindaba ezibalulekile ezingxoxweni zamazwe amabili. Ngaphansi kohlaka lwesivumelwano, uhulumeni waseBrithani washintshisana ngokuncishiswa kwentela ezimbonini ezihamba phambili zase-UK ngokulungisa izithiyo emikhakheni ethile, kuyilapho i-US igcine intela yentela engu-10% ezindaweni ezibalulekile “njengomkhawulo wesakhiwo.”

Isitatimende esisemthethweni esikhishwe uhulumeni waseBrithani ngosuku olufanayo sibonise ukuthi ukulungiswa kwentela kwaba nomthelela omkhulu embonini yokucubungula insimbi: amanani entengo e-UK yokuthunyelwa kwensimbi nemikhiqizo ye-aluminium e-US izokwehla ukusuka ku-25% kuya ku-zero. Le nqubomgomo ihlanganisa ngokuqondile izigaba eziyinhloko zemikhiqizo ye-aluminium ethunyelwa yi-UK eya e-US, okuhlanganisa i-aluminium engagayiwe, amaphrofayili e-aluminium alloy, nezinye izingxenye ze-aluminium ezenziwe ngomshini. Idatha ibonisa ukuthi i-UK yathumela cishe amathani ayi-180,000 emikhiqizo ye-aluminium e-US ngo-2024, futhi inqubomgomo ye-zero-tariff kulindeleke ukuthi yonge amabhizinisi ase-UK acubungula i-aluminium cishe ezigidini ezingama-£80 ezindlekweni zentela minyaka yonke, okuthuthukisa kakhulu ukuncintisana kwentengo yazo emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika. Ngokuphawulekayo, ngenkathi i-US isusa amanani entengo emikhiqizweni ye-aluminium, idinga ukuthi i-UK ithunyelwe ngaphandleizinto ze-aluminium ukuhlangabezanaAmazinga okulandelela “ukukhiqizwa kwekhabhoni ephansi”, okungukuthi okungenani u-75% wamandla okukhiqiza kumele aqhamuke emithonjeni evuselelekayo. Lesi simo esengeziwe sihlose ukuvumelanisa nesu lasekhaya lase-US “lokukhiqiza okuluhlaza”.

Emkhakheni wezimoto, intela yezimoto zase-UK ezithunyelwa e-US izokwehliswa isuka ku-27.5% iye ku-10%, kodwa ububanzi bukhawulelwe ezimotweni eziyi-100,000 ngonyaka (okuhlanganisa u-98% wesamba sezimoto zase-UK ezithunyelwa e-US ngo-2024). Zombili izinhlangothi zikugcizelele ukuthi izingxenye ze-aluminium chassis, izingxenye zesakhiwo somzimba, nezinye izingxenye ezisekelwe ku-aluminium ezimotweni ezehliswe intela kumele zingabi ngaphansi kuka-15%, ngendlela engaqondile okwenza imboni yokukhiqiza izimoto yase-UK yandise ingxenye yokusetshenziswa kwe-aluminium yasekhaya futhi iqinise ukusebenzisana kwe-UK-US ochungechungeni lwezimboni zezimoto ezintsha zamandla.

Abahlaziyi baveza ukuthi “intengo eyiziro” ku-aluminium kanye nezidingo zokulandeleka kwekhabhoni ephansi azibonisi nje kuphela ukuqashelwa kwe-US kobuchwepheshe bemboni yokucubungula i-aluminium yase-UK kodwa futhi kusikisela ukuhleleka kwayo kwesu lokutshala i-aluminium yomhlaba wonke. E-UK, inqubomgomo ye-zero-tariff ivula ukufinyelela emakethe yase-US ngemikhiqizo yayo ye-aluminium, kodwa kufanele isheshise ukuguqulwa kwe-decarbonization yayo.ukukhiqizwa kwe-aluminium electrolyticumthamo-okwamanje, cishe i-60% yokukhiqizwa kwe-aluminium yase-UK isathembele kugesi wemvelo. Ngokuzayo, izodinga ukuhlangabezana nezindinganiso zase-US ngokwethula amandla avuselelekayo noma ubuchwepheshe bokuthwebula ikhabhoni. Abangaphakathi embonini bakholelwa ukuthi lokhu kungase kuphoqe imboni ye-aluminium yase-UK ukuthi isheshise uguquko nokuthuthukiswa kwayo ukuze kuzuzwe uchungechunge lwezimboni oluphansi lwe-carbonization ngo-2030.