Democrats fault administration’s process in 232 probes, request briefings ‘immediately’

Democratic lawmakers, troubled by what they view as a lack of transparency and “due process” in the administration’s reviews of whether steel and aluminum imports are harming national security, are demanding briefings on both Section 232 investigations “immediately.” “It is troubling that to date the Administration has not briefed the Committees with jurisdiction over trade matters on either investigation or responded to several individual Member requests for briefings,” the lawmakers state in a June 20 letter -- spearheaded by Senate...