US senators call for deadline on Mexican steel export monitoring agreement

A bipartisan group of US senators has written a letter requesting a clear deadline for an export monitoring agreement of Mexican steel products into the US market.

“The surge of Mexican steel imports into the US market” violates the 2019 Joint Statement by the United States and Mexico on Section 232 Duties on Steel and Aluminum, the senators say in their Dec. 13 letter to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

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Ethan Bernard is managing editor for Steel Market Update. He previously worked for American Metal Market as a copy editor in the New York office for two years, starting in 2008. Later, he copy edited AMM’s monthly magazine on a freelance basis from 2015 until 2017. With experience in financial copywriting and textbook publishing, he holds a BA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. He can be reached at ethan@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7871.