Britain, Australia, Europe and Japan would also be included under the kind
of blanket tariff or quota recently floated by the Commerce Department.
However, the ITC's September 22 decision did not support the idea
of blanket tariffs on all imports.
Not exact matches
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who
blanketed the airwaves on Friday to defend the
tariffs, continued to press on Trump's behalf and to downplay the possible impact
of the move on U.S. consumer prices and jobs.
Economists have warned that many
of Trump's proposals — including suggestions that he would impose
blanket double - digit
tariffs on goods from Mexico and China — could backfire on the American economy by causing prices to rise or igniting a trade war.