[20170501]LSB10083_更新时间：钢铁般的外观：商务部指示优先调查钢铁进口对国家安全的影响.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i UPDATE: A Steely Look at Steel: Commerce Directed to Prioritize Investigation of the Effects of Steel Imports on National Security Updated May 1, 2017 UPDATE: On April 27, 2017, President Trump issued a nearly-identical Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary to also prioritize investigating the effects of aluminum imports on national security pursuant to Section 232(b). The original post from April 24, 2017, is below. On April 20, 2017, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum (“Memorandum”) directing the Secretary of Commerce (“Secretary”) to prioritize investigating the effects of steel imports on national security pursuant to Section 232(b) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Under the Act, if the Secretary determines that steel “is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security,” the President is authorized to take actions “to adjust the imports of the article and its derivatives so that such imports will not threaten to impair the national security.” While not explicitly specified by the