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CIT, in Turkish steel tariff case, calls Trump’s ‘expansive view’ of 232 power misguided

November 19, 2019 at 8:19 AM
The Court of International Trade last week denied a Trump administration motion to dismiss a challenge lodged by a U.S. importer of steel products over the president’s decision last August to ratchet up Section 232 tariffs on steel from Turkey. Transpacific Steel LLC, a U.S. importer of steel products from several countries, including Turkey, claimed Trump’s decision to boost a 25 percent steel tariff to 50 percent in August was illegal. The 25 percent tariff was levied in March 2018...

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