Lawyers: Linking 232 tariffs to other issues hurts Trump's legal footing

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Statements from President Trump linking recently announced Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum to the ongoing "NAFTA negotiations and European Union trade policy issues could expose legal cracks in the administration's defense against potential litigation in the U.S. and at the World Trade Organization, trade attorneys tell Inside U.S. Trade. "The president has undermined whatever scant legal authority they had to begin with," Grant Aldonas, under secretary of Commerce for international affairs during the Bush administration, said of Trump's statements linking the tariffs to NAFTA.