USTR announces an additional batch of product exclusions
The U.S. Trade Representative Office published today the exclusion of a further 178 products steel import tariffs imposed in March 2002. This latest list covers products of carbon flanges/fittings; cold finished bars; cold rolled flat steel; corrosion resistants; hot rolled
flats; plates; wires, bars,
wire rods of
stainless steel; tin mill
flats rolled; welded pipes&tubes.
It is believed that this extensive list is aiming to persuade the EU to give up implementing the planned retaliatory tariffs consisting some crucial U.S. export products.
In order to see the full list of products exempted and their brief explanations please
click here.