Portman: Steel, aluminum tariffs may prevent Mexico from signing USMCA

Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and a former U.S. Trade Representative, on Wednesday said Mexico might not sign the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement if the Trump administration does not lift its Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum. The USMCA is expected to be signed on Friday, the last day of the outgoing Mexican administration, on the margins of the G20 leaders' summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. But the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum,...