“We hope that, probably at the end of the month, we have an analysis and Let’s establish the standard for tariffs on aircraft pieces. We will discuss it with the president (Trump), we will study the analysis and consider what to do, ”Lutnick said during an audience in the Senate.
The secretary insisted, in tune with Trump’s message, that the “key” of the tariff war It is “protecting the industry” and make sure that The United States commercial partners treat the country “fairly.”
“We will use these tools To improve US industry“Lutnick said, considered one of the main architects of the current American commercial policy.
The Commerce Department opened an investigation in May that could lay the foundations for the imposition of tariffs on commercial aircraft, Reaction engines and aviation components, according to Bloomberg.
The study seeks to establish whether imports from these products represent a threat to US national security according to section 232 of the Commercial Expansion Law, the same rule as the Republican He has used to apply new levies to car imports and their parts.
Washington Duplicate from this Wednesday the tariff to the import of steel and aluminum from 25 % to 50 %, although it exempts the United Kingdom of this increase, by virtue of the commercial agreement that reached with London last May.
This was the first pact that the US achieved with one of its partners After the imposition of tariffs on April 2, the so -called ‘Liberation Day’.