Download or read book Steel Trade Issues written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Steel Import Problem written by American Iron and Steel Institute and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Problems in U S Steel Market written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Competitive Status of the U S Steel Industry written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the influences of technology and international trade policies on the troubled U.S. steel industry. Does leadership in technology guarantee competitive advantage in industrial markets? Or do the costs of production and the lack of investment capital offset technological gains for the domestic steel industry? Which international trade policies can help this industry, and which may be harming it? With these and other questions in view, The Competitive Status of the U.S. Steel Industry estimates global trends in steel trade, discusses patterns of production and consumption, and analyzes the possible effects of alternative governmental policies on this critically important industry.

Download or read book World Steel Trade written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Steel Industry and Trade Issues written by Stephen Cooney and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Problems of the U S Steel Industry written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trade Policy and Market Power written by Bruce A. Blonigen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A primary function of trade policy is to restrict imports to benefit the targeted domestic sector. However, a well-established theoretical literature highlights that the form of trade policy (e.g., quotas versus tariffs) can have a significant impact on how much trade policy affects firms' abilities to price above marginal cost (i.e., market power). The US steel industry provides an excellent example to study these issues, as it has received many different types of trade protection over the past decades. We model the US steel market and then use a panel of data on major steel products from 1980 through 2006 to examine the effects of various trade policies on the steel market. We find that the US steel market is very competitive throughout our sample with the exception of the period in which they received comprehensive voluntary restraint agreements (i.e., quotas) and were able to price substantially above marginal cost. All other forms of protection were in tariff form and had little effect on market power, consistent with prior theoretical literature on the nonequivalence of tariffs and quotas. We also find evidence that market power eroded over time in steel products where mini-mill producers gained sizeable market share, highlighting the role of technology in the market as well.

Download or read book U S Trade Problems in Steel written by A. W. Harris and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1983 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Steel Industry and Trade Issues written by Stephen Cooney and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Steel Trade Issues written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Steel Imports written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Steel Industry and Trade Issues written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. steel industry has faced increasing difficulties since the late 1990s. More than 30 U.S. steel producers, including Bethlehem, LTV, National, and Wheeling Pittsburgh, have gone into bankruptcy and some have ceased operating. While different companies and parts of the industry have been affected to different degrees, active and retired steelworkers and their union representatives have become particularly concerned about the industry's possible inability to continue to fund pension and healthcare benefit commitments (an issue known as "legacy costs"). U.S. policymakers have responded with a variety of measures. The House of Representatives in early 1999 approved a bill that would have required the President to take measures that would have rolled back imports to a level prevailing before a 1997-98 import surge. The Clinton Administration responded with expedited enforcement of U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty laws, as well as a Section 201 trade case focused on wire rod and line pipe products. The 106th Congress also approved and President Clinton signed laws to establish a steel loan guarantee program and to distribute to petitioners penalty duties from antidumping and antisubsidy trade cases, including those involving steel. These measures did not prevent a new downturn in the domestic industry in 2001. In the 107th Congress, a broader version of the 1999 import quota bill was reintroduced and gained a majority of the House as co-sponsors. Pressed to act by Members of Congress, steel companies and labor representatives, President Bush in June 2001 requested the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to undertake a broad Section 201 trade investigation on the steel industry. The ITC decided that a substantial part of the industry is being injured by increased imports and recommended relief measures to President Bush. President Bush on March 5, 2002, decided to impose three-year remedy tariffs with top rates of 30%. Some Members of Congress, economists and representatives of steel-consuming industries have expressed concerns that measures to aid the industry will have a negative impact on the competitiveness of a broad range of U.S. businesses. Supporters of government assistance for legacy cost relief have introduced legislation, now that President Bush has acted on remedy tariffs under Section 201. The Section 201 trade case is one element of an Administration strategy concerning steel, which includes a multilateral international negotiation on global overcapacity in the steel industry and future rules for world steel trade. U.S. and other countries' negotiators have discussed worldwide capacity reductions in the forum of the OECD steel committee in Paris, and have so far offered possible cuts of more than 100 million metric tons by 2005. Meanwhile, U.S. trading partners are challenging the Section 201 measures under WTO rules. This report examines the recent performance of the U.S. steel industry, the Bush Administration Section 201 initiative, and measures in Congress addressing other aspects of problems in the steel industry. The report will be updated as events warrant.

Download or read book The International Steel Trade written by Peter Fish and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 1995-02-28 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a basic guide to the iron and steel industry in a single convenient reference source. The origins of steel and its manufacture are explained first, with a basic outline of the principal steel grades. The author then goes on to look at production and consumption and its commercial significance. He also analyses the global trade in steel and shows its importance to the metals industry as alloying elements and coatings. The final section considers the future for steel, the changing trade patterns, environmental issues and the threat of substitutes to the industry.

Download or read book The Political Economy of United States Japan Trade in Steel written by Hugh T. Patrick and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Political Economy of Trade Protection written by Anne O. Krueger and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clear, concise summary of the in-depth analyses presented in The Political Economy of American Trade Policy examines the level, form, and evolution of American trade protection. In case studies of trade barriers imposed during the 1980s to help the steel, semiconductor, automobile, lumber, wheat, and textile and apparel industries, the contributors trace the evolution of efforts to obtain protection, protectionist measures, and their results. A chapter assessing the common themes that emerge from the studies concludes that the focus of current trade law is exclusively on the individual protection-seeking industries, with little regard for indirect effects on using industries or for consumers. Reform could usefully take these effects into account. This volume will interest policymakers, business executives, and anyone interested in trade policy formulation and practice.

Download or read book Clashing Over Commerce written by Douglas A. Irwin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year: “Tells the history of American trade policy . . . [A] grand narrative [that] also debunks trade-policy myths.” —Economist Should the United States be open to commerce with other countries, or should it protect domestic industries from foreign competition? This question has been the source of bitter political conflict throughout American history. Such conflict was inevitable, James Madison argued in the Federalist Papers, because trade policy involves clashing economic interests. The struggle between the winners and losers from trade has always been fierce because dollars and jobs are at stake: depending on what policy is chosen, some industries, farmers, and workers will prosper, while others will suffer. Douglas A. Irwin’s Clashing over Commerce is the most authoritative and comprehensive history of US trade policy to date, offering a clear picture of the various economic and political forces that have shaped it. From the start, trade policy divided the nation—first when Thomas Jefferson declared an embargo on all foreign trade and then when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union over excessive taxes on imports. The Civil War saw a shift toward protectionism, which then came under constant political attack. Then, controversy over the Smoot-Hawley tariff during the Great Depression led to a policy shift toward freer trade, involving trade agreements that eventually produced the World Trade Organization. Irwin makes sense of this turbulent history by showing how different economic interests tend to be grouped geographically, meaning that every proposed policy change found ready champions and opponents in Congress. Deeply researched and rich with insight and detail, Clashing over Commerce provides valuable and enduring insights into US trade policy past and present. “Combines scholarly analysis with a historian’s eye for trends and colorful details . . . readable and illuminating, for the trade expert and for all Americans wanting a deeper understanding of America’s evolving role in the global economy.” —National Review “Magisterial.” —Foreign Affairs