After the Trump administration finalized late last month tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, based on what it termed national security considerations, some developers and contractors began to rapidly award structural steel contracts in what at least one fabricator said was an attempt to avoid even higher steel costs in the future.Following President Donald Trump's March 9 move to impose tariffs under Section 232 of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act, the administration negotiated with countries for exemptions to across-the-board levies of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum. But on May 31, the U.S. Commerce Dept. said it could not reach deals with Canada, Mexico and the European Union.
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机译：特朗普政府在上个月末根据对国家安全的考虑最终确定了对进口钢和铝的关税之后，一些开发商和承包商开始迅速授予结构钢合同，至少有一个制造商说这是为了避免更高的钢价。 r n在唐纳德·特朗普总统于3月9日根据1962年《贸易扩展法》第232条征收关税之后，美国政府与各国进行了谈判，以免征25％的钢铁和10％的全面关税在铝上。但在5月31日，美国商务部表示无法与加拿大，墨西哥和欧盟达成交易。
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