Previous Press Releases

2004

• CITAC Commends Commerce's Decision to Not Deduct Safeguard Tariffs in Calculating Dumping Margins – A Move Which Could Have ‘Doubly' Hit Steel Consumers. 4/7/04

2003

• President Bush's Decision to End Steel Tariffs is Right for Steel Consumers, Manufacturing Sector, and the Economy. 12/4/03

• CITAC STF: Only Viable Solution for Steel Consumers and Manufacturers is Elimination of the Steel Tariffs. 11/18/03

• CITAC STF: World Trade Organization Ruling Adds Urgency to Steel Consumer's Plea for President Bush to Terminate the Steel Tariffs Now. 11/10/03

• More than Two Hundred Steel Consuming Companies/Organizations Sign Letter to President Bush Urging Immediate Termination of the Steel Tariffs. 10/29/03

• CITAC STF: President Bush Can Terminate Steel Tariffs; Domestic Steel Industry Paper Arguing Otherwise Uses “Stunningly Illogical Interpretation” of Trade Law. 10/14/03

• CITAC Steel Task Force: Steel Consumers Tell President Bush to "Terminate the Tariffs!" 9/19/03

• Dozens of Steel Consumers Testify Before International Trade Commission Detailing Steel Tariffs' Damage to US Manufacturers. 6/19/03

• CITAC Steel Task Force Urges Bush Administration to Heed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's Call to End Steel Tariffs. 5/23/03

• CITAC Steel Task Force: April Steel Pricing Data Shows U.S. Prices are Still at Top of World Markets. 5/9/03

• President Bush Rejects Tariffs on Chinese Wire Hanger Imports; CITAC STF Urges President to Use Same Logic for Steel Imports. 4/29/03

• Urgency of Full Analysis of Steel Tariff's Impact Gains Support in Congress; One Year Anniversary Brings Reminder of Steel Consumer Job Losses. 4/8/03

• CITAC Steel Task Force Members Tell House Ways & Means Comittee That Steel Tariffs Make it 'Virtually Impossible' to Compete Globally. 3/26/03

• CITAC Steel Task Force: Tariff Exclusions Help Some Steel Consumers But Fail To Address Basic Problem Globally Competitive Prices. 3/21/03

• House Ways & Means Committee Formally Requests International Trade Commission to Analyze Impact of Steel Tariffs on Steel Consumers. 3/18/03

• CITAC Steel Task Force: Steel Consumers Say, "Enough Is Enough," After Damaging Year of Steel Tariffs. 3/4/03

• CITAC Steel Task Force Challenges Claims that U.S. Has "Lowest Steel Prices in the World". 2/19/03

• CITAC Steel Task Force Stands by "Solid and Conservative" Economic Analysis. 2/10/03

• CITAC Study Shows 200,000 U.S. Jobs Lost Nationwide From High Steel Prices in 2002  Steel Tariffs an Important Cause - February 4, 2003

• CITAC Steel Task Force Applauds Knollenberg Resolution Urging President Bush to Consider Impact of Steel Tariffs on Consumers - January 29, 2003

• CITAC Steel Task Force: Domestic Steel Producers Bid To Expand Steel Tariffs Another Attempt To Close U.S. Market To Imports - January 22, 2003

  2002

• CITAC Steel Task Force Applauds National Association of Manufacturers' Committee Vote Urging President Bush to Consider Impact of Steel Tariffs on Consumers - December 11, 2002

• CITAC Steel Task Force Members Urge National Association of Manufacturers to Take Policy Stand Against Steel Tariffs - November 15, 2002

• CITAC Steel Task Force Commends Manufacturers' Association For Review Of Position On Steel Tariffs - October 16, 2002

• CITAC Steel Consumers Testify: Exclusion Process Flawed, Market Conditions Worsening - Tariffs Must Be Lifted Now - September 25, 2002

• CITAC Steel Consumers Implore Commerce Department To Address Devastating 201 Fallout - September 10, 2002

• Wisconsin-Area Companies To Rep. Ryan: Steel Tariffs Threaten Local Economy - September 4, 2002

• Wisconsin-Area Companies To Rep. Sensenbrenner: Steel Tariffs Threaten Local Economy - September 3, 2002

• CITAC: Many Small Businesses Overlooked In Steel Exclusion Process - August 22, 2002

• CITAC Steel Consumers See Looming Danger From Competing Products - August 13, 2002

• CITAC Members Tell House Committee Steel Shortages, Sky-High Price Increases Devastating To U.S. Manufacturers -
  July 23, 2002