A 25% tariff on aluminum imports could result in about 20,000 direct U.S. aluminum industry jobs being cut, and as many as 80,000 indirect jobs being slashed, Oplinger said.

One of Ukraine’s largest steel plants lies in the country’s industrial east, where Russia’s 3-year invasion of its neighbor threatens to throttle production at any moment.

(Reuters) -Aluminum producer Alcoa said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose a tariff on aluminum imports could cost about 100,000 U.S. jobs and would itself not be enough to entice it to boost production in the country.