They're very process driven, they're transparent. There's an opportunity for hearing, for public comment, and then we typically produce some findings. It could be in the form of a report or otherwise. And If we find that countries have been involved in unfair trading practices like subsidies, excess capacity, allowing goods made with forced labor into their countries, we can quantify that harm to U.S. commerce and then try to resolve that issue with the country. If they can't resolve it or don't resolve it sufficiently, you can impose a tariff or fee or something like that. We're trying to move very quickly to your question. (08:06–08:20)
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