Trade Cases
November 15, 2020
Leibowitz: Exclusions from Section 232 Tariffs—Is the Government Relenting?
Written by Lewis Leibowitz
Trade attorney and Steel Market Update contributor Lewis Leibowitz offers the following update on events in Washington:
The steel tariffs were in the news recently with the announcement of a settlement of a lawsuit brought to challenge denials of exclusion requests. This is the third case, by my unofficial count, that has been settled in this way. The plaintiffs were JSW Steel (USA), NLMK and Borusan Mannesmann, all U.S. companies that rely heavily on imported inputs for further manufacture. Readers have asked me if there is a new pattern emerging. Here’s my best guess—and the recent election is, of course, relevant.
