CLEVELANDThe fight to end the section 201 steel tariffs took a step forward in March when the House Ways and Means Committee submitted a request to the International Trade Commission (ITC) that it conduct an investigation to examine the impact of the steel tariffs on steel-consuming industries.
The section 201 steel tariffs, imposed by President Bush in March 2002, have had a devastating impact on the nation's 13 million steel-consuming workers, according to the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA, Independence, OH). The industry has absorbed price increases, supply disruptions and business and financial losses.