Lighthizer expects ‘exclusion process’ for some U.S. manufacturers in 232 outcomes

Any actions that follow the Trump administration’s 232 national security investigations of steel and aluminum imports, as well as their impacts, must be “balanced,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday -- floating the possibility of an “exclusion process” for manufacturers in need of steel and aluminum products not made in the United States. Lighthizer -- responding to a question from Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) on the concerns U.S. manufacturers have raised about “national security...