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Urgent: Trump asks to consider potential national security investigation into automobile imports

Xinhua,May 24, 2018 Adjust font size:

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has instructed Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to consider initiating a national security investigation into automobile imports, a protectionist move that's likely to spark widespread opposition from American trading partners. Enditem