Trump’s Commerce Secretary pick Howard Lutnick, former head of Cantor Fitzgerald in Manhattan, faced off with the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday in his nomination hearing.
In a letter delivered to the White House today, CPA urged the reinstatement of Section 232 tariffs on Mexico and outlined a series of measures to strengthen the U.S. steel and aluminum industries, which are being severely undermined by surging imports from Mexico and other nations.
This new CPA economic report is a damning indictment of how decades of free trade policies have hollowed out America’s agricultural sector, benefiting a handful of corporate giants while leaving family farms to bear the brunt of a failed experiment.
The United States is now on pace to reach a $39 billion agricultural trade deficit in 2024 amid all-time record imports.
The goods and services trade deficit rose 7.6% in November to $78.2 billion, a big leap from previous months when the deficit was trailing under the three month moving average, based on Bureau of Economic Analysis data released this week.
Nucor Corporation has announced it will halt production at its wire rod rolling mill in Connecticut, citing challenging market conditions created by a flood of low-priced imports from Canada, Greece, Mexico, Poland, and Ukraine.
Mexico has been flooding the United States with underpriced steel — in clear violation of a 2019 agreement with Washington. The Biden administration did not address the problem; now, the coming Trump administration must act.
The continued influx of ever cheaper steel imports, particularly steel rebar and steel wire rod, is posing a serious threat to U.S. steel producers.
Earlier this month, Liberty Steel announced its decision to idle its wire plant in Peoria, Illinois after idling the steel mill rod mill operations there in October. Liberty Steel also suspended rod mill operations at its Georgetown, South Carolina facility earlier this year.
CPA looks forward to working with Jamieson Greer to advance a robust trade agenda that prioritizes domestic production, holds trade violators accountable, and strengthens America’s industrial base.
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