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United Steelworkers and Ohio Businesses Are Petitioning for Action to Level the Playing Field in the Face of Unfair Foreign Competition
The Patriot News
The aluminum extrusion industry in Pennsylvania faces significant danger as unfairly low-priced imports from foreign countries threaten domestic manufacturers, leading to job losses and potential closures.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois) toured Custom Aluminum Products in Genoa, Ill., with Custom’s President Steve Dillett. The Congressman is a strong supporter of a trade case in Washington, D.C., backed by Custom and other members of the U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition as well as the United Steelworkers union. The coalition and the union are seeking tariffs to offset unfairly traded aluminum extrusions from China and other countries.
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) commends the Biden administration’s proclamation to strengthen the rules for aluminum to qualify for trade benefits between the United States and Mexico. Under this proclamation, aluminum must be "smelted and cast" not from countries of concern (Belarus, China, Russia, and Iran) to qualify for relief from the Section 232 Tariff.
Arizona Capitol Times
Arizona’s manufacturing companies are facing a serious challenge—an onslaught of unfairly traded aluminum imports that threaten American jobs. With an aluminum extrusion plant in Prescott Valley, I see firsthand the resilience and ingenuity of U.S. industry writes Brook Massey, President of MI Metals, Inc.
The AEC applauds the Administration's decision to remove four types of aluminum extrusions from the generally approved exclusions ("GAE") from the Section 232 aluminum tariffs. This is a positive development for the domestic extrusions industry and a good first step to address unfair trade practices by foreign producers.
Savannah Morning News
Brook Massey, the President of MI Metals, Inc. writes that the efforts by China and other countries to undercut American industries are pervasive and well known. They have a new target right here in Georgia: manufacturers who specialize in making extruded aluminum.
Today, the Department of Commerce announced its preliminarily determination that aluminum extrusion producers and exporters in China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam sold aluminum extrusions at less-than-fair value in the United States.
Youngstown, Ohio, NBC TV Affiliate
The coalition petitioning for relief includes Extrudex in North Jackson, Ohio, and Pennex Aluminum in Leetonia, Ohio.
The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition is disappointed by the Mexican Government’s announcement that it will increase tariffs on its imports of aluminum ingots, billets, and extrusions without also revoking its various duty exemption programs.
REALCLEARPOLITICS
China has been working to undercut American companies for years – from tech to commodities. Now it’s targeting U.S. firms including companies here in Michigan that make a product that fits in between: aluminum extrusions.
NEWSWEEK
Only rigorous enforcement of fair-trade laws will safeguard the future and stop foreign companies from killing American jobs.
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary finding that the governments of China, Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey unfairly subsidize their aluminum extrusion industries.
China is shipping more goods to the U.S. via Mexico, circumventing steep tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and retained by Joe Biden’s White House, according to a Financial Times analysis of trade data.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo urging the administration to revise tariff exclusion rules previously approved for aluminum extrusion products.
By opening a die-casting plant in Coahuila, Xusheng hopes to add more than 1,500 jobs in Mexico over the coming years. Workers at the plant will produce aluminum alloy auto parts for the automotive and e-mobility sectors.
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