Senator Calls for Strong Trade Enforcement as US Steel Plans Layoffs
Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., on April 8 pledged to make sure the U.S. government enforces new trade enforcement laws after U.S. Steel has said it will lay off 25 percent of its salaried employees. “Our steel industry is under constant…
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attack from illegal dumping and currency manipulation, and we cannot sit by and watch as American workers continue to get cheated out of their jobs,” he said in a statement (here). “My office stands ready to assist workers and families impacted by this decision, and I will continue fighting to make sure our government fully enforces the new laws passed by Congress.” Recently enacted laws are aimed at streamlining trade enforcement, such as the June-signed Leveling the Playing Field Act, which is aimed at simplifying and expediting antidumping/countervailing duty assessments. The job cuts will include workers at U.S. Steel plants in Gary and Portage, Ind. U.S. Steel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.