Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is “very worried” about the semiconductor industry for reasons akin to those cited by the Trump administration in pursuing Section 232 national security investigations into steel and aluminum imports, he said Monday night. [Isabelle Hoagland] June 12th, 2017 [Inside Trade] Ross, speaking at an event hosted by the Wall Street Journal, called the…
President Trump on Monday said “major legislation” on steel, aluminum and dumping is coming “very soon.” June 12th, 2017 [Inside Trade] “We’ll be having some major legislation very soon on the dumping of steel in our country – which is absolutely killing our workers and our steel companies,” he said during a cabinet meeting, offering…
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross expressed confidence that the Trump administration can achieve better trade terms through negotiations with trading partners, rather than immediately turning to tariffs or other punitive measures that could generate retaliation or other economic repercussions. [William Mauldin] June 12th, 2017 [The Wall Street Journal] President Donald Trump, who repeatedly warned in his 2016 campaign…
