Trade Cases
February 17, 2019
Leibowitz on Trade: The Spending Bill and Product Exclusions
Written by John Packard
Trade attorney and Steel Market Update contributor Lewis Leibowitz offers the following update on events in Washington:
On Friday, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, the spending bill that averts a second government shutdown. The legislation, which funds government operations through Sept. 30, 2019, essentially keeps spending at fiscal 2018 levels, but there are, as usual with “continuing resolutions,” some interesting twists.
