The aluminum company views a 25% tariff on aluminum imports resulting in about 20,000 direct U.S. industry jobs being cut and as many as 80,000 indirect jobs being eliminated, Chief Executive Bill Oplinger said.

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.

Alcoa Corp. CEO WIlliam Oplinger told an investors conference Tuesday that the upcoming tariffs on aluminum could cost tens of thousands of American jobs if they’re implemented.