Import Duties: USA

(asked on 16th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the potential for some countries to receive exemptions from the tariffs imposed on steel and aluminium imports; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of those counties receiving such an exemption on the countries that are not exempt.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 21st March 2018

The Prime Minister has raised her concerns directly with President Trump and my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for International Trade has spoken on several occasions to the Commerce Secretary and to the US Trade Representative about the investigation, including when he travelled to Washington last week for face-to-face meetings with both, to make the case for the UK as part of the EU.

Since the President asked the Department of Commerce to launch the investigation into the national security impact of steel and aluminium imports last April, the Government have made clear to the Administration on repeated occasions, the potentially damaging impact of tariffs on the UK and the EU steel and aluminium industries. As part of its response to these US measures, the EU can apply a safeguard measure of its own to protect the steel and aluminium industries from being damaged by an influx of exports to the EU, caused by the displacing effect of US tariffs.

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