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Reforms to Section 232 tariff-exclusions program adopted, US Commerce chief tells Senate appropriators

By Kat Lucero ( March 5, 2020, 18:58 GMT | Insight) -- The US Commerce Department has taken steps to change the steel and aluminum tariff-exclusion process as suggested by an internal watchdog that found potentially improper practices, Secretary Wilbur Ross told Senate appropriators. The program aims to help downstream US manufacturers that rely on foreign metals not available in the domestic market, but some members of Congress and thousands of importers have criticized the process as slow and riddled with improper influence.The US Commerce Department has taken steps to change the steel and aluminum tariff-exclusion process as suggested by an internal watchdog that found potentially improper practices, Secretary Wilbur Ross told Senate appropriators today. ...

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