Aluminum Association President & CEO Heidi Brock has sent a letter to the Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross responding to the request to “exclude rolled aluminium can sheet and primary aluminum and ingot for food and beverage containers, lids, and closures from the scope of any actions that you might recommend to the President in connection with the Section 232 national security investigation on imports of aluminum.”
{alcircleadd}The Aluminum Association has expressed their disagreement to such broad exclusion request and put up the following points in support of their opinion:
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So, the association has urged the Administration to take actions to promote a fair, equitable, and rules-based global market which is also equally competitive. The association has requested the Commerce Department to recommend actions to the President under Section 232 to address China’s massive and growing overcapacity, without allowing for broad exclusions (with the exception of aluminum powder)and while protecting existing trading relationships with Canada and Europe.
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