The Montana congressional delegation is urging President Trump to introduce a 50 percent tariff on Russian palladium imports, after a multinational mining group with a presence in the state submitted a similar request earlier this month.

GOP Sens. Tim Sheehy and Steve Daines alongside Reps. Ryan Zinke and Troy Downing sent a Thursday letter to the Trump administration, asking officials to “stop Russia's predatory trade practices and protect American jobs and critical mineral production.”

“Specifically, we urge you to immediately impose a 50 percent tariff on imports of unwrought........

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