ms. singh: none that i am aware of. >> let me point out, mr. in maryland, i've heard from farmers that have crop,y been impacted, soy etc.. we have heard from manufacturers. let me quote from others. choices.facing two bad according to its ceo. they can move production to china, or raise prices and risk losing consumers. either way, it will cost jobs. just one company in my state. i could give you many, many more. you're not giving us much of a comfort level of a process that is an actual process. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator flake. >> thank you. thank you for being here. you mentioned part of the justification was to have a strengthened economy. the rationale for imposing these tariffs. you mentioned a weekend of economy affects our ability, basically, to provide for the national security. i am familiar with some of the literature. surrounding the effects of imposing these tariffs. correct me if i am wrong, but the wealth of data out there is a farthat there bigger impact, negatively, o

chairman, for your indulgence, and appreciate your testimony today, ms. singh. >> when it comes to canada and mexico, as you recognized, we are having the broader nafta conversation with them, but i just want to assure you that we are having conversations with our allies. as i indicated at the outset, the state department in particular, it is our job, it is our mission to make sure that our allies understand the direction we're going in. >> senator. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you for being here to talk with us today. i had a couple questions regarding 232, and you know, i'm concerned just as everyone is of the impact of the steel and aluminum tariffs on businesses and consumers but i do think that section 232 really still has an important role to play in shaping our trade policy, specifically with strengthening our national security and to that end, i've been pushing the administration to launch a separate 232 investigation into uranium imports, because what we've been seeing for years is that uranium producers owned by the government in russia