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Trump to sign orders calling for trade deficits study, better AD/CVD duty collection

March 30, 2017 at 11:02 PM
President Trump is expected to sign two trade-related executive orders on March 31, one directing the Commerce Department to examine the causes of U.S. trade deficits, country-by-country, with the results likely to lead to concrete actions, according to administration officials. The second order is geared toward improving the collection of antidumping and countervailing duties at the border. In a March 30 press briefing, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said his department would complete a comprehensive analysis of why the U.S. is...


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