Commerce Department asks for new staff, $1.2 million to address flood of tariff product exclusion requests
By Maxwell Fillion ( September 6, 2018, 21:58 GMT | Insight) -- The US Department of Commerce asked for the creation of seven new positions and $1.2 million in funding from a Senate Appropriations subcommittee today to help mitigate an increasing workload caused by product exclusion requests for President Donald Trump’s Section 232 tariffs.The US Department of Commerce asked for the creation of seven new positions and $1.2 million in funding from a Senate Appropriations subcommittee today to help mitigate an increasing workload caused by product exclusion requests for President Donald Trump’s Section 232 tariffs....
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