Business groups urge Commerce to improve 232 product exclusion process

Business groups last week told the House Ways & Means Committee that trade associations should be able to negotiate product exclusions to Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs on behalf of their members, but the Commerce Department maintains that only individual companies can apply for them. “Requests to exclude products from the section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs must demonstrate that the product for which the exclusion is requested is not produced in the United States in a sufficient and...