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U.S. initiates WTO disputes with countries imposing tariffs in response to 232 duties

July 16, 2018 at 11:13 AM
The U.S. has initiated World Trade Organization dispute settlement proceedings with Canada, Mexico, the European Union, Turkey and China over tariffs the countries have placed on U.S. products in response to steel and aluminum duties imposed by the U.S. earlier this year under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and justified via national security, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on Monday. USTR called the administration’s steel and aluminum tariffs “justified under international agreements the...


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