Trade Cases
January 23, 2018
Trump Imposes Safeguards on Washers, Solar Cells; Is Steel Next?
Written by Sandy Williams
President Trump’s decision today to impose tariffs on imports of solar panels and large washing machines in a bid to help U.S. manufacturers has heated speculation the administration may take a similar tack on the pending Section 232 rulings on steel and aluminum imports.
President Trump has approved recommendations by the U.S. International trade Commission to place safeguard tariffs on imports of residential washing machines, which the ITC determined were causing serious injury to the U.S. domestic market. The ITC initiated an investigation under Section 201 at the request of Whirlpool. The safeguards will impact imports from major South Korean competitors Samsung and LG.
