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New Democrat Coalition members accuse Trump of breaking law in withholding Section 232 report on autos

February 13, 2020 at 6:00 AM
New Democrat Coalition lawmakers on Thursday sent President Trump a letter imploring him to abandon any plans to impose tariffs on auto and auto parts imports and to publish the Commerce Department’s report on its Section 232 investigation, saying that withholding it violates two laws. The Commerce Department last year submitted a Section 232 report to the White House, which has since refused to release it. The report found that auto and parts imports put U.S. national security at risk...


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