Alliance for Competitive Steel and Aluminum Trade Comments to the Bureau of Industry and Security on its Requirements for Submissions Requesting Exclusions From the Remedies Instituted in Presidential Proclamations Adjusting Imports of Steel and Aluminum Into the United States

Alliance for Competitive Steel and Aluminum Trade Comments to the Bureau of Industry and Security on its Requirements for Submissions Requesting Exclusions From the Remedies Instituted in Presidential Proclamations Adjusting Imports of Steel and Aluminum Into the United States

These comments are submitted by the Alliance for Competitive Steel and Aluminum Trade (IPAA is a cosigner) on the interim final rule (the Interim Regulations) which amend the National Security Industrial Base Regulations (the Existing Regulations). The amendments set forth a process for U.S. companies to submit requests for exclusions from actions taken by the President under Presidential Proclamations 9704 and 9705, both dated March 8, 2018 (the Proclamations), as amended, which place additional tariffs on certain imports of steel and aluminum products pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (Section 232).