Pressured by senators, Greer says Trump not considering tariff exemptions

The president is not considering exemptions to his “reciprocal” tariffs despite suggestions from other administration officials that he is, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has told the Senate Finance Committee. In answers to questions for the record posed by Finance members following his April 8 hearing, Greer said the only products exempted are those that are or could be subject to remedies under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. “The President is not considering exemptions or exclusions...