Former Commerce official: Stakeholders can shape Section 232 tariff implementation

Former Commerce official: Stakeholders can shape Section 232 tariff implementation

While tariffs are likely to result from the Trump administration’s sectoral Section 232 probes, a former Commerce Department official said on Wednesday, affected companies can focus on “what this administration cares about” in working to shape their outcomes. During a July 16 webinar on U.S. trade and tariff policy hosted by the law firm Steptoe, Jeff Weiss, former deputy director for policy and strategic planning at Commerce, said that while th…