FPA Signs the National Foreign Trade Council’s (on behalf of the Tariff Reform Coalition) Comments Regarding the Notice of Proposed Rule Regarding Revisions of the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Exclusions Process

The National Foreign Trade Council (“NFTC”) is pleased to provide the comments below on behalf of the Tariff Reform Coalition in response to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) Federal Register notice Revisions of the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Exclusions Process (88 Fed. Reg. 58525, (August 28, 2023)) seeking comments on a proposed rule implementing changes to the Section 232 exclusion process. The Tariff Reform Coalition (“the Coalition”) is a broad-based coalition of more than 100 companies and associations, led by the NFTC, which is dedicated to working with the Administration and Congress to ensure greater oversight and review of the Executive Branch’s use of tariff authority. The Coalition brings together a broad array of U.S. manufacturers, retailers, agricultural and food producers, and other supply chain stakeholders who have been adversely affected by the increasing use of tariffs in pursuit of various policy objectives.