Exports: USA

(asked on 20th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many FTE staff in his Department have been liaising with (a) UK steel representatives and (b) US importers on applications for product exemptions under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.


This question was answered on 25th June 2018

The US administration has a process for domestic US steel consumers to apply for individual product exclusions from US s232 measures. Ministers have held regular meetings with industry and unions to discuss US s232, including hosting the Steel Council on 18th June. The Department hosted a meeting on 5 June between US lawyers and UK steel and aluminium industry representatives to share information on the product exclusion process.

The Department has been working tirelessly on these issue for many months, working in partnership with colleagues from Department of Trade, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Cabinet Office.

We remain in regular dialogue with UK industry and will support them through this process where possible. Details of the process are set out on the US Department of Commerce website.

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