US Steel and Aluminium Tariffs Debate

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Department: Department for International Trade

US Steel and Aluminium Tariffs

Helen Goodman Excerpts
Monday 4th June 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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It is very difficult to say. Again, we contend that the mechanism itself is flawed. It is hard to see how an Aston Martin could be a threat to US national security, even if fully James-Bonded.

Helen Goodman Portrait Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab)
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Will the Secretary of State stop talking as if President Trump is amenable to reasonable arguments? This is a deliberate attack on multilateral institutions and the international liberal order. It is evident from the proposal reported in the Financial Times this morning that the American Administration do not even want to appoint judges to the World Trade Organisation court, so will the Secretary of State support urgent EU retaliatory measures?