Trade Expansion Act
1962 US law on tariffs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–794, 76 Stat. 872, enacted October 11, 1962, codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 7) is an American trade law.[1]
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Public law | 19 U.S.C. ch. 7 |
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Section 232 of the Act permits the President to impose tariffs based on a recommendation by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce if "an article is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten or impair the national security."[2] This section was used only in 1979 and 1982,[2] and had not been invoked since the creation of the World Trade Organization in 1995,[3] until President Trump cited it on March 8, 2018 to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum.