Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says tariffs likely ‘this week’

Published March 7, 2018 10:13pm ET



Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Wednesday that the Trump administration is likely to implement its controversial steel and aluminum tariffs before the end of Friday.

“I don’t want to get ahead of the president, but I believe that we will live up to his promise that it will be this week, not including Saturday,” Ross told Fox Business.

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