Trump Administration Opens Trade Investigation on Aluminum
- Will address whether aluminum imports hinder national security
- Probe parallels investigation on steel begun last week
Trump Administration Said to Open Probe Into Aluminum
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The Trump administration opened an investigation Wednesday into whether an influx of foreign aluminum is damaging U.S. manufacturers severely enough to threaten national security, beginning a process that could lead to curbs on imports, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said.
”Here’s why we did it,” Ross told reporters, “Imports have been flooding into the aluminum industry and the defense angle is that high-purity aluminum is used in the F-35” as well as other military aircraft and vehicles. In the event of a war, domestic manufacturers might be unable to meet the Pentagon’s needs, he said.