WTO members escalate disputes over steel, aluminum tariffs

Several countries have decided to take their World Trade Organization dispute with the U.S. over Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs to the next step -- an official Dispute Settlement Body panel investigation. The U.S. has been engaged in consultations -- the first step in the WTO dispute settlement process -- with many other members over its use of Section 232 tariffs . Among them are Norway, China, the European Union, Russia, Mexico, Canada and Turkey. Norway, the EU and...