This is from the WSJ:
President Donald Trump said his administration would take its time in making a long-awaited decision on whether to block steel imports, saying “we don’t want to do it at this moment.”
Mr. Trump and his Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, had earlier this year said they would complete a plan to reduce steel imports in the name of “national security” by the end of June. But the decision has been stalled amid objections from trading partners, domestic steel users, and some of Mr. Trump’s own aides.
Mr. Trump, in a Wall Street Journal interview Tuesday, said the issue was still on the table, and that “we’re going to be addressing the steel dumping,” which he called “a very unfair situation.” But he backed off promising imminent action. He started to say a move would come “very” soon, but then caught himself and instead changed his wording to “fairly soon.”
He indicated that the timetable had gotten bogged down by extensive study and various regulations governing the decision. “You can’t just walk in and say I’m doing to do this,” Mr. Trump said. “You have to do statutory studies… It doesn’t go that quickly.”
The president suggested that a final decision on a steel trade policy may have to wait until other top-priority issues on his agenda get addressed, saying: “we’re waiting till we get everything finished up between health care and taxes and maybe even infrastructure.”
This delay is good news. Let's hope other issues get in the way for as long as possible.
