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Justice Department: Release of Section 232 autos report could hamper diplomacy

January 21, 2020 at 5:23 PM
The Commerce Department does not have to release its Section 232 report on the national security implications of auto and auto parts imports because doing so could risk “impairing” ongoing talks aimed at addressing those threats and interfere with the White House’s decisions on what actions to take, according to the Justice Department. A Dec. 20 appropriations bill, signed into law by President Trump, said the administration had to publish the report’s non-confidential information in the Federal Register by Jan...


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