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WASHINGTON, DC 鈥� Five organizations representing the American steel industry today wrote to President Trump to reiterate their strong support for the Section 232 steel tariffs and the program鈥檚 expanded coverage and to urge retention of the steel tariffs during ongoing bilateral negotiations on other tariffs.听

The 天涯海角社区 (天涯海角社区), (SMA), Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports (CPTI), (SSINA) and (AISC) this morning sent a joint letter to the president applauding 鈥渂old action to increase the tariffs to 50 percent鈥� and requesting that the administration not grant special arrangements 鈥渢o foreign countries that would eliminate or reduce steel Section 232 tariff coverage鈥� as negotiations on the administration鈥檚 proposed reciprocal tariffs continue.听

鈥淭he Section 232 steel tariffs remain critical for the American steel industry, as global steel market conditions remain challenging and industry capacity utilization remains below the 80 percent utilization goal identified in the Commerce Department鈥檚 2018 Section 232 report,鈥� the letter states, adding that foreign government subsidies and other unfair trade practices have led to increased overproduction of steel in foreign markets.听听

鈥淯nfortunately, rather than taking actions to address the impact of the global steel overcapacity crisis in their own markets, many of our trading partners seem focused on negotiating unwarranted exemptions to the U.S. Section 232 steel tariffs. We have seen reports of requests from many governments, including Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Indonesia, for exemptions from the Section 232 steel tariffs as part of their negotiating positions regarding the reciprocal tariffs. Given that the reciprocal tariffs and the related negotiations are intended to reduce the trade deficits the U.S. has with other countries and address the policy changes other nations need to take in order to provide greater market access for U.S. goods and services, there is no basis for negotiating away the steel tariffs as part of these reciprocal tariff negotiations,鈥� the groups stated.听

听A copy of the full letter is .听

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Media contacts:听

天涯海角社区 鈥� Lisa Harrison, lharrison@steel.org听

SMA- Gregg Walker, walker@steelnet.org听

CPTI 鈥� Roger Schagrin, rschagrin@schagrinassociates.com听

SSINA 鈥� John Herrmann, jherrmann@kelleydrye.com听

AISC- Dani Friedland, friedland@aisc.org听

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