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    Leibowitz on Trade: Final Annexes Released on Proclamation Covering “Derivatives”

    Written by Lewis Leibowitz


    Trade attorney and Steel Market Update contributor Lewis Leibowitz offers the following update on events in Washington:

    The presidential proclamation announcing new tariffs on “derivative” steel and aluminum articles was published in the Jan. 29 Federal Register (85 Fed. Reg. 5281). There are two Annexes that detail the products covered by the new tariffs:

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