US to Narrow Metals Tariffs; DHS Shutdown Looms as Senate Fails to Cut Deal

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Feb 13, 2026

Brendan Murray, Bloomberg trade reporter who covers global tariffs, explains planned tweaks to U.S. steel and aluminum duties. He breaks down how the changes could affect complex product rules and supply chains. He also discusses impacts on automakers and ongoing U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade talks. The conversation focuses on the tariff mechanics and what companies might expect next.

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Tariffs Caused Collateral Damage

The Trump administration admits its steel and aluminum tariffs created unintended victims and complexity for firms.
Narrowing derivative tariffs could reduce collateral damage to U.S. users and ease trade tensions with the EU.

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Endangerment Finding Repealed

The EPA rescinded the 2009 endangerment finding that underpinned many greenhouse-gas rules.
Repealing vehicle emissions standards signals a major step in rolling back federal climate regulations.

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DHS Shutdown Nears After Senate Stalls

The Senate failed to advance a DHS funding bill and left for recess, making a DHS shutdown likely.
Many DHS workers will have to work without pay, while some immigration enforcement staff may remain paid under other funds.

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1) The Trump administration is working to narrow its broad tariffs on steel and aluminum products that companies find difficult to calculate and the European Union wants reined in as part of its pending trade deal with the US, a person familiar with the matter said. The US Trade Representative’s Office is scrambling to resolve complications spawned last year by the Commerce Department’s efforts to rush out President Trump’s tariff agenda, the person said. The White House has communicated to companies that adjustments are in the works, but details and timing remain unclear.
2) President Trump said his administration has rescinded the “endangerment finding,” a landmark scientific determination that greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health and welfare. The 2009 finding serves as the legal foundation for a variety of environmental rules, including federal climate standards for cars and trucks. Trump said he’s also repealing those vehicle-related standards. The decision to repeal, which has been telegraphed for months, lays the groundwork for unwinding more federal climate regulations, according to environmental and legal experts. Thursday’s announcement, made alongside Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, marks the administration’s most consequential climate rollback, as well as its biggest deregulatory move.
3) A Saturday shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is all but inevitable after the Senate failed to advance a funding bill and headed out on a week-long recess without a deal regarding new limits on immigration enforcement. The Senate vote to begin debate on a year-long DHS bill without enforcement changes failed 52 to 47. A Republican attempt to get unanimous consent to pass a stopgap DHS bill also failed. Many department employees will be expected to work without pay during a shutdown. But a prolonged fight risks roiling workers like Transportation Security Administration employees at airports. Those carrying out immigration enforcement activities at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection will likely be paid even during a longer shutdown by funds allocated under President Trump’s tax bill.

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