GOP Senator Scoffs at Trump Auto-Tariff Report as Secrecy Ends
- February 2019 Commerce report provided reasoning for duties
- Senator Toomey called justification for tariffs unfounded
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The U.S. Commerce Department released a report this week on proposed auto tariffs that the Trump administration refused to make public.
The agency, under former President Donald Trump, kept the 2019 document private and was sued for holding back the information. The Department of Justice in January 2020 said the White House could use executive privilege to decline its release.