Commerce releases controversial report on Section 232 probe of auto imports

The Commerce Department on Tuesday released a controversial 2019 report recommending then-President Trump consider national security-based trade restrictions on auto imports -- a report long sought by members of Congress that the Trump administration claimed was protected by executive privilege. The report on the investigation , conducted by Commerce under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, said that auto and auto parts imports were causing a “‘weakening of our internal economy [that] may impair the national security’...