USTR: U.S., Mexico, Canada 'turning our attention' to Section 232 tariffs

BUENOS AIRES – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said the U.S., Mexico and Canada would focus on a resolution to U.S. Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum now that the three countries have signed their new trade deal, adding that an agreement on the tariffs was never going to be part of NAFTA renegotiation talks. “It was something that was not going to happen while we were doing this very complicated agreement,” Lighthizer told reporters following the...