Final Thoughts

I wrote an article about the comments made by former Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade under the Bush Administation (2001-2005). His name is Grant Aldonas and he is, in my opinion, one of the best people who can relate to many issues the steel industry will be dealing with come Aug. 27, 28 & 29, 2018. He has graciously accepted an invitation to speak at our conference and share his insights into government, trade, Section 201 under Bush and its relationship to Trump’s Section 232 (by the way, there was also a Section 232 investigation on steel in 2001 after 9/11). He is an excellent speaker and I believe will be well received by those attending the SMU Steel Summit Conference in Atlanta. Go to www.SteelMarketUpdate.com/events/steel-summit for details and registration.

I also want to thank Steel Dynamics who has come on as the sponsor of our Monday late afternoon/early evening networking/cocktail party, which this year will be held at the Georgia International Convention Center as we outgrow the Marriott facilities. We now have only two sponsor spots left – one break and one for the early morning pastries. Neither is a break-the-bank sponsorship level. If you are interested, please contact Jill@SteelMarketUpdate.com or myself at John@SteelMarketUpdate.com.

I have been traveling over the last two days and I want to thank my staff for doing a great job with tonight’s newsletter as I was behind closed doors for most of the past two days. Thank you to Tim Triplett, Sandy Williams, Brett Linton and Peter Wright.

Much more to come.

As always, your business is truly appreciated by all of us here at Steel Market Update.

John Packard, Publisher