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The U.S. International Trade Commission, in a mid-term evaluation of safeguard measures imposed last year on imports of large residential washers, said while the U.S. industry is recovering, producers are facing steeper costs in part due to steel, aluminum and Section 301 tariffs on key materials.

The commission must submit a report on “Monitoring of Developments in the Domestic Industry” by Feb. 7, 2020.

A group of 12 Ohio lawmakers is backing the maintenance of tariff-rate quotas on imports of large residential washers, which the Trump administration imposed last year under Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974.

As the U.S. International Trade Commission conducts a midterm review of sweeping restrictions placed on imports of large residential washers, U.S. companies are arguing that while the remedies have not led to the growth they expected due to “headwinds,” they should not be modified.

The two sides continue to negotiate.

“It is time for the ITC to develop the analytic tools capable of transparently exploring the complex distributional impacts of these economic arrangements.”

If “fully implemented and enforced,” the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will have a small but positive impact on U.S. GDP, with digital trade and automotive rule-of-origin provisions projected to have “the most significant effects,” the U.S. International Trade Commission says in its new analysis of the deal.

As the U.S. International Trade Commission gathers input on the effects of duty suspensions and reductions enacted under the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2018, Commissioner Meredith Broadbent this week suggested the Trump administration use MTB to gain more concessions in trade talks.

Imports of fabricated structural steel from Canada, Mexico and China could be harming domestic producers, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled in a preliminary determination this week, allowing the Commerce Department to continue to investigate and, possibly, impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties.