Argentina will address, through a visit to Washington by the Secretary of Commerce, Miguel Braun, the new tariffs imposed by the United States on imports of steel and aluminum.
In an interview with an Argentine radio station, Braun, who left for Washington on Saturday night (10.03.2018), said that "it is a working visit in which I will have several meetings and which coincides with the issue of tariffs; I will make every effort to ensure that Argentina receives better treatment, since steel and aluminum exports to the United States are very small."
US President Donald Trump on Thursday officially signed the imposition of tariffs on steel imports of 25% and 10% on aluminum, prompting an immediate response from his Argentine counterpart, Mauricio Macri, who expressed his "concern" about the measure.
For Braun, "the United States cannot think that Argentina is a national security threat," considering that steel and aluminum exports from the South American country represent only 0,6% and 2,3%, respectively, of total US imports.
Despite the signed order, Trump, after the telephone conversation with Macri, promised to evaluate the request of the government of Buenos Aires for that nation to be exempted "from any restrictive measure that affects the exports" of both metals, according to a report by the Argentine Presidency on Friday.
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