Trade groups push for steel tariffs, no exclusions

Five organizations representing the American steel industry wrote to President Trump to support reinstating 25% tariffs on steel imports and eliminating exclusions under the program.  

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA), Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA), American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and US OCTG Manufacturers Association (USOMA) sent a joint letter Monday. It says the industry supports steel tariffs under Section 232 and called for “the elimination of the steel Section 232 exclusion process that has been exploited as a loophole by foreign producers seeking to avoid tariffs.”