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Doggett: Commerce gave Russia-based aluminum company preference in 232 exclusion

July 27, 2018 at 3:24 PM
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) accused the Trump of administration of granting a U.S. subsidiary of a Russia-based aluminum company an exclusion to the Section 232 tariffs as part of President Trump’s “surrender” to Russian President Vladimir Putin at a bilateral meeting in Helsinki last week. “On July 16, Mr. Trump surrendered to Mr. Putin at a two-hour meeting,” Doggett said at a House Ways & Means trade subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. “A mere three days later, Rusal USA got their...

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