Trade Cases
March 25, 2018
President Trump's 232 Exclusion Proclamation Includes a Surprise for U.S. Manufacturers
Written by John Packard
Just before midnight on Thursday, March 22, the White House released a proclamation adjusting imports of steel (Section 232) by providing exclusions to Canada, Mexico, Australia, Argentina, South Korea, Brazil and member countries of the European Union. The EU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
The excluded countries’ status will expire as of May 1, 2018, subject to President Trump’s review.
