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U.S. won't grant 232 product exclusions for countries with quota deals

June 6, 2018 at 2:52 PM
The Commerce Department will consider Section 232 product exclusion requests only from countries facing steel and aluminum tariffs, leaving those with quota deals unable to gain exemptions for products that are key to some U.S. businesses, sources told Inside U.S. Trade . “The Presidential Proclamations do not provide authority to grant product exclusions for quota countries,” a Commerce Department spokesman confirmed in an email. “The President retains authority to adjust quotas as needed.” Trade lawyers contend that the decision to...

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