Lawyers: Steel executive order spurs questions about customs process

A new executive order directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess maximum penalties for misclassified entries of steel imports – and not to weigh evidence of “mitigating factors” – is sparking questions about how it will be implemented, lawyers tell Inside U.S. Trade . President Trump earlier this month issued executive orders that modify Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports imposed during his first term, eliminating exclusions and carveouts for certain partners, raising the duty rate on...