U.S. Trade Body Recommends Tariffs of Up to 50% on Washing-Machine Imports
November 21 2017 - 2:27PM
Dow Jones News
By Andrew Tangel and Will Mauldin
Federal trade regulators have recommended that the Trump
administration impose big tariffs on imported washing machines to
protect Whirlpool Corp. and other U.S. manufacturers.
Members of the U.S. International Trade Commission, a bipartisan
agency that oversees trade, on Tuesday released three sets of
recommendations that include tariffs of 50% on imported washers
exceeding a quota of 1.2 million units annually. Their
recommendations follow their finding in October that Whirlpool and
other domestic washer makers suffered "serious injury" from a surge
of imports.
The trade commission's recommendations are expected to head to
the White House in early December. The Trump administration would
then have about two months to weigh the recommendations and decide
what, if any, new trade barriers to put in place. The
recommendations aren't binding.
The office of U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer
referred questions to the White House. A White House spokeswoman
didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. A Whirlpool
spokesman noted that the recommendations were a preliminary step
before President Donald Trump makes a decision on the matter.
Write to Andrew Tangel at Andrew.Tangel@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 21, 2017 14:12 ET (19:12 GMT)
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