Trade Cases
May 25, 2017
Foreign Testimony at Section 232 Hearing
Written by Sandy Williams
The Section 232 Investigation of steel imports on national security hearing was held on Tuesday. The testimonies included four representatives of foreign governments: China, Russia, the European Union, and Ukraine. Not surprising, none were in support of new import restrictions by a Section 232 action.
China was represented by Yu Gu, First Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce. Yu said, “The Ministry of Commerce believes there is no evidence that steel imports threaten to impair US national security.” He went on to add that the U.S. defense and national security is plainly not dependent on imports of foreign steel and that enough steel can be produced in the U.S. to satisfy domestic security requirements.
