Final Thoughts

I will be traveling beginning on Wednesday as I head for Atlanta to meet with the Georgia International Convention Center (www.GICC.com), the Marriott Gateway Hotel and the new AV company that will be working with SMU to bring the look and feel of the 2017 conference to a new level. As of this evening we have 105 days remaining before the 7th SMU Steel Summit Conference begins. Tell your steel friends, suppliers and customers to meet us in Atlanta on August 28, 29 & 30th.

I want to take a moment to thank trade attorney Lewis Leibowitz for all of the support he has given Steel Market Update, our readers and those attending our conferences as we try to navigate AD/CVD, Section 337, Circumvention and now the Section 232 investigation. I hope you are finding his help valuable. He will be working with SMU again at this year’s SMU Steel Summit Conference as he teams with former ITC Chairman, Daniel Pearson of the Cato Institute to help our attendees better understand all of the trade suits, deposits, duties, remedies and maybe what’s next. We added a special Pre-Summit program on Monday afternoon. Plan on arriving early and staying until the end. We still have surprises to come.

As always your business is truly appreciated by all of us here at Steel Market Update.

John Packard, Publisher