Trump promises ‘major legislation’ on steel, aluminum dumping ‘very soon’

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 no details. He added a similar comment on aluminum.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, attending his first cabinet-level meeting since being confirmed, touted his recent trip to Paris for Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and World Trade Organization meetings, where he said he delivered a similar message.

“It was that [trade] deficits do matter and are coming down,” Lighthizer said during the meeting.

Trump responded, “thank you, I know they are.”

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