US Open to Metals Tariff Enforcement Adjustments, Greer Says

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer signaled that the Trump administration is open to changing how its broad tariffs on steel and aluminum are enforced amid pressure from business groups and trading partners.

“You may want to sometimes adjust the way some of the tariffs are applied for compliance purposes,” Greer said Tuesday on CNBC. “We’ve heard stories of companies that have had to hire extra people for compliance. We’re not trying to have people do so much bean counting they’re not running their company correctly.”

Greer said the underlying metals tariffs would remain, calling them “very successful” in boosting the ...