Bush official calls tariffs a success, Commerce official says steel industry is healthier now

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: September 24, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

WASHINGTON - Steep tariffs on foreign-made steel have strengthened the U.S. steel industry since they were imposed 18 months ago, a top Bush administration official said.

But Commerce Department Undersecretary Grant Aldonas on Tuesday stopped short of recommending the tariffs stay in place until they expire in 2005 - the focus of a White House debate that pits presidential politics against global economics.

"The initial decision by the president was a success," Aldonas told reporters at a rally of steel companies and steel employees from Baltimore and Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley. "It did ...

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