To contact the reporter on this story: Stephen Cunningham in Washington at scunningha10@bloomberg.net. The US government has rejected a request from Plains All American Pipeline for an exemption from steel-import tariffs on high-grade steel it planned to bring in from Greece. A letter sent by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and signed by acting DHS secretary Elaine Duke said that while there was no evidence that Greece had used its own steel, "the Greek authorities have not The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration denied the request on the basis that there was sufficient domestic production of the particular type of pipe Plains wanted to import. Plains is investigating its options for challenging the ruling.
The US government has rejected a request from Plains All American Pipeline for an exemption from steel-import tariffs on high-grade steel it planned to bring in from Greece. A letter sent by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and signed by acting DHS secretary Elaine Duke said that while there was no evidence that Greece had used its own steel, "the Greek authorities have not The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration denied the request on the basis that there was sufficient domestic production of the particular type of pipe Plains wanted to import. Plains is investigating its options for challenging the ruling.