(UTV|COLOMBO) – President Donald Trump has ordered a national security probe into vehicle imports, which could bring new tariffs, the BBC reported.
Mr Trump said the US car industry was “critical to our strength as a nation” and ordered the Department of Commerce to investigate.
The probe rests on 1960s legislation which lets the president restrict imports if they threaten national security.
It is the latest move in Mr Trump’s America First trade agenda.
The president tweeted earlier on Wednesday about “big news” for the country’s autoworkers.
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