WASHINGTON , Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, August 15, 2025 , the U.S. Department of Commerce issued its determinations imposing derivative steel and aluminum tariffs on dry van trailers and refrigerated trailers (also known as "reefers"), and subassemblies thereof, pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232). These derivative tariffs come in response to the May 15, 2025 requests submitted by the American Trailer Manufacturers Coalition asking that Commerce expand the Section 232 tariffs to include additional steel and aluminum derivative products. The ad hoc coalition of U.S. trailer manufacturers includes Great Dane, Stoughton Trailers, Strick Trailers, and Wabash.

As the Coalition explained in its requests, rapidly rising imports of fo

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