A group of U.S. importers is appealing a trade court decision that upheld certain national security tariffs on steel, arguing to the Federal Circuit that the Trump administration went beyond its legal authority in issuing and modifying the tariffs.
President Donald Trump in 2018 issued Proclamation 9705, which imposed 25% tariffs on most steel imports around the globe. He invoked Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, which authorizes the president to temporarily restrict imports for the sake of national security. Trump claimed that a global steel glut was threatening to weaken the U.S. steel industry to the point ...
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