Bipartisan Ways and Means Letter Asks USTR to Lift Section 232 Tariffs on NAFTA Partners
A half-dozen members of the House Ways and Means Committee -- including the outgoing Trade Subcommittee chairman -- sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer saying the steel and aluminum tariffs on Mexico and Canada need to go.…
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Five Republicans, led by Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana, signed the letter, as did Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis. Kind, whose dairy farming constituents are among those hurt by Mexican retaliation for the tariffs, is interested in leading the Trade Subcommittee next year. They wrote that "we urge you to put the highest priority on lifting the steel and aluminum tariffs and retaliation entirely as soon as possible, and certainly before congressional consideration." The USTR has said he is working on finding a solution to the tariffs on Mexico and Canada, but has not offered a timeline for when agreement might be reached. Only Australia has been given an exemption without a quota so far.