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NPPC concerned about potential taxes on steel/aluminum imports

The National Pork Producers Council says it’s concerned about President Trump’s support of imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Today Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross made public his report recommending them.

Last summer, NPPC and more than a dozen other ag groups wrote to Secretary Ross urging the administration NOT to impose tariffs.

NPPC says import tariffs could prompt retaliation and put duties on U.S. exports, including ag products.

President Trump this week dismissed concerns about steel and aluminum import tariffs harming the U.S. economy. The administration says the duties would be imposed as a national security measure.