By Oscar Pandiello ( September 25, 2026, 14:08 GMT | Comment) -- In a bid to retain more aluminum scrap in the EU, officials recently abandoned the idea of export duties under trade rules in favor of export bans under waste legislation, where permission depends on how waste is managed abroad. A final proposal has yet to emerge, and the European Commission is under pressure to reconcile producers’ demand for affordable supplies with environmental requirements, exporters’ interests and relations with trading partners, in particular India.The shelving of a planned tool to curb EU exports of aluminum scrap has shifted a trade dispute into environmental policy, where the evidence needed to authorize shipments could prove harder to reconcile with diplomatic priorities....
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