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Sources: Trump still 'blocking' Section 232 steel, aluminum resolution

March 20, 2019 at 5:07 PM
As discussions on how to resolve a Section 232 tariff dispute with Canada and Mexico continue, sources say a host of factors could keep the restrictions in place for some time, with President Trump insisting that quotas or tariffs be applied despite pushback from both countries and the prospect of further complications for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Trump “is the one blocking” a resolution, a private-sector source told Inside U.S. Trade, adding that U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer “doesn't have anything...


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