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Trump Launches Critical Minerals Probe to Weigh New Tariffs
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0:18Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump has launched a probe into the need for tariffs on critical minerals, the latest action in an expanding trade war that has targeted key sectors of the global economy.
The order, which Trump signed on Tuesday, calls for the commerce secretary to initiate a Section 232 investigation under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to “evaluate the impact of imports of these materials on America’s security and resilience,” according to a White House fact sheet.
If the secretary finds that the imports threaten to “impair national security and the President decides to impose tariffs,” those levies would take the place of current so-called reciprocal duties Trump announced earlier this month on US trading partners.
The order covers a range of minerals, including rare earth elements, that the US government considers “building blocks of our defense industrial base” and crucial to building jet engines, missile guidance systems, advanced computers, as well as radar, optics and communications equipment. The order also covers uranium, as well as processed forms of the minerals and derivative products.
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