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Navarro ‘clarifies’ Section 232 plans, says all exempt countries will be hit with quotas

May 1, 2018 at 6:00 PM
Peter Navarro, assistant to the president for trade and manufacturing policy, on Tuesday said all countries spared from the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports will be hit with quotas “or other restrictions” -- and that the 30-day extensions granted to some early this week will be the last. “So, here’s what happened yesterday -- this began with an all-hands-on-deck discussion with the team and it wound up with a press release that could have been clearer last...


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