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    Steel Quotas in the Cards for Brazil?

    Written by Sandy Williams


    Steel quotas may be in the cards for Brazil as it attempts to negotiate its way into a permanent exemption from the 25 percent steel tariffs scheduled to go into effect on May 1.

    U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reportedly told Brazil’s Minister of Affairs that the quickest way to win exemptions would be to agree to voluntary restrictions on exports and the establishment of quotas.

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