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April 27, 2020
TKMNA Challenges Constitutionality of Section 232
Written by Tim Triplett
Thyssenkrupp Materials NA, Inc., Southfield, Mich., has filed suit challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s Section 232 tariffs. The North American distribution arm of Germany’s Thyssenkrupp, TKMNA is an importer of steel and aluminum.
The complaint, filed April 21 with the U.S. Court of International Trade, alleges that the Commerce Department has granted exclusions to Section 232 tariffs to some companies and not others in an arbitrary manner, constituting “an unconstitutional lack of uniformity in the application of the tariffs.”
