Ross Calls Trade Rules Easy to Evade Amid Concerns Over Steel Transshipment Through Canada
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called customs rules for steel and aluminum so specific that they are “easy to get around without a blanket solution” to a crowd at the National Press Club Foundation May 14. “That’s why we did tariffs on a broad basis,” Ross told the crowd, including a blanket tariff provision for countries that currently produce no steel to prevent them from becoming the next transshipment hub.
Ross Calls Trade Rules Easy to Evade Amid Concerns Over Steel Transshipment Through Canada
Ross Calls Trade Rules Easy to Evade Amid…
Ross Calls Trade Rules Easy to Evade Amid Concerns Over Steel Transshipment Through Canada
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called customs rules for steel and aluminum so specific that they are “easy to get around without a blanket solution” to a crowd at the National Press Club Foundation May 14. “That’s why we did tariffs on a broad basis,” Ross told the crowd, including a blanket tariff provision for countries that currently produce no steel to prevent them from becoming the next transshipment hub.