Whether this is an improvement will depend on the duty-free quantities. If low, it's just replacing one type of restriction w another, more administratively burdensome one. That the USW "applauded" the deal doesn't give me much optimism.
(P.s. Unless the quantities are high, the EU totally caved.)
P.p.s. I actually have experience working w the other 232 TRQs that the Trump admin put in place for certain countries. They are insanely complicated & onerous.

In other words, an very merry early Christmas to my fmr trade lawyer colleagues.
Might as well buy that Porsche you were eyeing (Assuming the supply chain mess lets you.)
P.p.p.s. Since the 232 measures technically still apply to the EU, I guess that means the Biden admin agrees w the Trump admin that the EU is a national security threat, huh?

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