Ending Steel Dispute in Bush's Hands, Snow Says

[Khephra]

Ending Steel Dispute in Bush's Hands, Snow Says
Tue November 18, 2003 10:47 AM ET

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By Sumeet Desai

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Only President Bush will decide whether the United States will drop its illegal tariffs on steel, Treasury Secretary John Snow said Tuesday amid suggestions the White House wants a compromise.

On the eve of Bush's trip to Britain starting Tuesday, Britain has demanded the United States remove its tariffs on steel imports or face a trade war by next month.

The European Union is ready to hit back with duties on $2 billion worth of U.S. exports.

"It's an issue the president is considering," Snow told business leaders at the Confederation of British Industry's annual conference in the central English city of Birmingham.

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3844753

[Don_G]

1. He Has Trouble In China Too

He is limiting Chinese textile imports into the US "temporarily" to pacify the Textile Industry in North Carolina. I doubt that it will last past November 2004 though.

Link: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAUZ2156ND.html

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2. The mere thought of this guy having anything

in his hands is worrisome to the extreme.