Steel industry groups urge House action on LTPF 2.0

“Any legislative package on China needs to address its most dangerous methods of destroying American jobs and industries,” the letter says. “We urge you to support American workers and industry and show China that it cannot simply continue to dodge our trade remedies.”

The groups noted that passing the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act “will send a strong signal that we will not stand by idly as China attempts to dominate manufacturing globally.”

SMA

“We urgently need this legislation to put a stop to unfair trade practices that hurt steel producers in America and their workers, and we want to make sure Speaker Johnson knows how important it is to include Leveling in the upcoming China package,” SMA President Philip K. Bell said in a statement on Friday.

AISI

Likewise, AISI President and CEO Kevin Dempsey expressed a similar sentiment.

“We need the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act to update our laws to address cross-border subsidization and other similar trade challenges,” Dempsey said.

CPTI

Roger B. Schagrin, executive director and general counsel of the CPTI, also voiced his support.

“Our 40,000 employees across the country urge the House leadership to include the Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 in any future China trade legislative vehicle that is considered in the final days of this Congress,” he said.

USW

USW International President David McCall provided the union’s endorsement in a statement to SMU on Friday.

“USW members know firsthand the critical importance of passing the bipartisan Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 to protect their jobs from unfair trade,” McCall said. “The USW joins the rest of the steel industry in calling on Rep. Johnson to back this crucial legislation.”