Government/Policy

September 27, 2026
Leibowitz: Why tariffs (and high prices) limit US steel demand
Written by Lewis Leibowitz
Editor’s note
Government/Policy

September 27, 2026
Written by Lewis Leibowitz
Several steel trade organizations have called on President Trump to resist weakening Section 232 steel tariffs.
The US Commerce Department has raised the anti-dumping duties (AD) on imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from South Korea.
After an annual administrative review, the Commerce Department increased the anti-dumping duties on large-diameter welded pipe from Turkey.
The US Department of Commerce has preliminarily determined that critical circumstances exist in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of large-diameter graphite electrodes (LDGEs) from China.