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Ross: Action on auto imports needed to reduce the trade deficit

May 13, 2019 at 3:11 PM
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross expects President Trump to take action on the Section 232 investigation into the national security implications of auto and auto imports by the end of the week, he said on Friday, adding that action must be taken if the administration is to meet its goal of reducing the U.S. trade deficit. “He will make a decision on the 18th of May as to what, if anything he wishes to do with the content of that report,...

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