Coca-Cola could produce more plastic bottles in light of incoming aluminum tariffs. Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Leaders of soda makers, local breweries and major automakers across the U.S. are scrambling to prepare for the impacts of incoming tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that are essential to their production. Announced by the Trump administration earlier this week, the 25 percent tariffs are expected to take effect on March 12.

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“Our nation requires steel and aluminum to be made in America, not in foreign lands,” President Trump said while signing the measures on Feb. 10. Unlike similar policies ordered by Trump in 2018, the new tariffs........

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