CANADIAN AND MEXICAN METAL DUTY WAIVERS MAY NOT SURVIVE NAFTA TALKS
March 1st, 2018
WHILE United States President Donald Trump's imposition of import tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium on March 8 included a waiver for Canadian and Mexican exporters, his administration continues to stress this relief could be temporary.
In the March 8 presidential proclamation imposing the steel duties, Trump stressed “ongoing discussions with these countries” alongside his decision “to exempt steel articles imports from these countries from the tariff, at least at this time”.
The decision comes as the seventh round of talks on renewing the ...
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