12/15/2022
https://www.metalcenternews.com/editorial/op-ed/wto-panel-challenges-legality-of-232-tariffs/44907
U.S. steelmaking interests were quick to denounce the ruling. Kevin Dempsey, president of the American Iron and Steel Institute, said the WTO panel overstepped its bounds by treading on U.S. national security interests. Tom Conway, president of AISI's occasional partner, the United Steelworkers International, offered a similar assessment. And Nucor's Leon Topalian called for reform of "the broken system" of the WTO's dispute process.
Since Joe Biden succeeded Donald Trump in January 2021, there have been few things from the previous administration the new president has held onto. Section 232 tariffs were one of the exceptions, with the 46th president making no moves to mothball the 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum produc...