Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey suggested using more PET plastic bottles if needed to offset President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs of U.S. aluminum imports.

The beverage giant is ready to manage, mitigate and adjust to the “dynamic macro environment,” including potential tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum imports into the US and regulatory changes to food ingredients,

Coca-Cola Co. may have to source more PET for its drinks sold in the US in the wake of President Trump’s planned tariff on steel and aluminium imports.

The Trump administration’s new tariff policy will increase the duties on aluminium imports from 10% to 25%, beginning next month. This could lead to increased costs for products sold in aluminium cans, such as Coca-Cola’s popular beverage range.

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Coca-Cola may have to sell more drinks in plastic bottles in the US if President Donald Trump's tariffs end up making aluminium cans more expensive, the company's chief executive, James Quincey, said in a call with investors.

James Quincey, Coca-Cola CEO, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss the company's earnings beat, U.S. growth and the state of the consumer.