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3/7/18

US Tariffs: Canada and Mexico could be spared as Trump is poised to sign steel and aluminum tariffs by week’s end - by David J. Lynch and Damian Paletta

President Trump may exempt Canada and Mexico from new tariffs on steel and aluminum, reversing his original insistence that the import restrictions apply to U.S. allies as well as countries such as China, the White House said Wednesday.

“We expect that the president will sign something by the end of the week, and there are potential carve-outs for Mexico and Canada based on national security,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters.

Any such exemptions will be determined on “a case-by-case and country-by-country” basis,” she said.

Read more: Canada and Mexico could be spared as Trump is poised to sign steel and aluminum tariffs by week’s end - The Washington Post

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