Posted on 04/06/2017 8:10:05 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The European Commission has imposed anti-dumping duties on steel products from China to stop them flooding Europe’s struggling steel market. […]
The Chinese exports will now be taxed with duties ranging from 18.1 percent to 35.9 percent. …
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Just before Xi arrives to meet with Trump. Perfect. They’ve been dumping steel here for 50 years.
But most of the members in the established parties oppose an import tax on any country. If they tax our exports why shouldn’t we tax their imports?
What, Obama protectionist?
This gives Trump total cover to squeeze Xi like a sponge. The EU can’t bitch about it now if we impose tariffs. Rotflmao
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