Trade Cases
July 9, 2017
Will G20's Stand on Steel Overcapacity Slow Trump's Section 232 Announcement?
Written by Sandy Williams
The G20 Summit concluded Friday with some concessions made by members on trade, but still no deadline for the looming Section 232 steel investigation results.
Pressure from the United States resulted in the G20 joint statement including a more strongly worded pledge for members to “fulfill their commitments on enhancing [steel] information sharing and cooperation by August 2017, and to rapidly develop concrete policy solutions that reduce steel excess capacity.”
