Trade Cases
May 16, 2019
Leibowitz on Trade: Pivot on Trade Policy?
Written by Lewis Leibowitz
Trade attorney and Steel Market Update contributor Lewis Leibowitz offers the following update on events in Washington:
The announcements over the last few days have substantially altered the steel and aluminum trade policy priorities of the United States. I am referring, of course, to the following: (1) the U.S. has dropped steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico; (2) the president has postponed action on potential tariffs on imported autos and auto parts for six months; (3) reducing Turkey’s steel tariffs by half to 25 percent; and (4) placing new tariffs on a host of goods imported from China and increasing tariffs on List Three goods to 25 percent. A lot to consider. Let’s get started.
