US STEEL DUTIES
February 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
The United States has offered several trading partners an immediate
elimination of the tariffs it currently places on steel, provided the other
country does the same. U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick
announced the reciprocal agreement in several key sectors as part of its
first offer for the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas, a trading
bloc of 34 countries.
ENDS
The United States has offered several trading partners an immediate
elimination of the tariffs it currently places on steel, provided the other
country does the same. U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick
announced the reciprocal agreement in several key sectors as part of its
first offer for the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas, a trading
bloc of 34 countries.
ENDS
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