Biden to Triple Tariffs on Chinese Steel Ahead of Reelection Bid

Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, or CNAS, said the Biden administration is reviewing why some Chinese steel derivatives currently have a 25% tariff and some have a 7.5% tariff.

“Arguably, what they're proposing to do now might normalize the level of steel tariffs across almost all sorts of steel products that are coming in from China,” she told VOA.

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While Biden has signaled that the Section 301 review is a high priority, the timeline of his proposed tariff increase, and its potential impact, are not clear.

“There are a lot of details to come out that won't be clear until the final rule and judgment is revealed,” Ziemba of CNAS said.

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