Economic View: Tariffs Have Strengthened the U.S. Economy
The 2018-2019 tariffs have created thousands of U.S. jobs.
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Steel Conduit Imports from Mexico Continue to Surge Far Above Agreed Limits
U.S. imports of steel conduit from Mexico have exploded since 2017.
Nippon Steel’s US Steel Corporation Offer Should Be Killed, CPA Board Member Bill Jones Believes. Here’s Why.
The world’s fourth largest steel producer – Nippon Steel of Japan – made an offer to buy the third largest steelmaker in the U.S., U.S. Steel Corporation, in an all cash purchase priced at $55 a share in December, nearly double the company’s share price from early August.
Economic View: U.S. Steel Must Stay American
Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel has offered $14 billion for historic American company U.S. Steel. The deal is a bad idea. It’s bad for America, bad for steelworkers, bad for the U.S. manufacturing base. It’s even bad for U.S. Steel itself. The U.S. has four major steelmakers. They are essential to the success and prosperity of…
Mexico Keeps Violating Steel Agreement with U.S.
Unless Mexico immediately adheres to its 2019 steel obligations, the U.S. should reimpose Section 232 tariffs on Mexican steel imports.
Duty-Free Steel Imports from Mexico Surge Beyond Agreed Upon Levels
U.S. steel imports from Mexico have surged despite a 2019 U.S.-Mexico agreement to maintain steel imports at past levels.
How Steel Tariffs Are Helping US Workers
This article is an expanded version of testimony delivered by Mr. Ferry to the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 22, 2022. The Section 232 steel tariffs have benefited the U.S. steel industry and its workforce American steelworkers earned an average of $117,200 last year, making steel one of the best-paying industrial sectors in…
Cleveland Cliffs CEO Tells House Steel Caucus Globalization Has Failed
The Congressional Steel Caucus hears from steel industry executives on whether or not to keep tariffs in place. The answer was a resounding yes.
Tariffs and Inflation: The Dog that Didn’t Bark
Press reports say that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is arguing for repealing a broad set of U.S. tariffs, allegedly as a way to fight inflation. Her argument is said to rely on a set of reports[1] published in March by the Peterson Institute that claimed that cutting tariffs would cut 1.3 percentage points off the…
How Trade Remedies Helped U.S. Manufacturers
Solar and steel tariffs helped the industry expand. Here is where the naysayers were wrong about rising prices and market destruction due to anti-dumping charges and other trade remedies.
