President Trump Implements Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

June 23, 2025 — Griffen Thorne - Lewis Brisbois
Los Angeles, Calif. (June 4, 2025) - On May 30, 2025, President Donald Trump announced to rallygoers in Pennsylvania that his administration would soon double the tariff on imported steel from 25 percent to 50 percent. On June 3, 2025, President Trump issued a Proclamation that formally doubles the tariffs on steel articles and derivative steel articles, as well as doubling the tariffs (to 50 percent) on aluminum articles and derivative aluminum articles. As was widely anticipated, the Proclamation was issued pursuant to section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (“Section 232”). A President may issue Section 232 tariffs if the Secretary of Commerce finds that there is a threat to U.S. national security, which the former Secretary of Commerce first did in President Trump’s original administration. Read the full story...
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