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IN SR0068
Resolution
AI Summary
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Urges Indiana's federal elected officials, including the President, U.S. Senators Dan Coats and Joe Donnelly, and Indiana House members to enforce trade laws against China and other countries to protect the domestic steel industry from unfair competition.
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Requests the Department of Commerce maintain China's "non-market economy" status to preserve U.S. companies' and workers' access to domestic trade remedy laws.
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Cites manufacturing as 29.45 percent of Indiana's gross state product with 515,700 jobs, with steel production supporting the sixth most jobs of any state and each steel job supporting up to seven additional jobs in the economy.
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Documents the steel industry crisis including 12,000+ recent layoffs, finished steel imports capturing 29 percent of the U.S. market in 2015, and domestic steel shipments declining over 12 percent in 2015.
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Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to AK Steel, US Steel, Nucor, Steel Dynamics, and ArcelorMittal.
Legislative Description
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging Indiana's federal legislators to fight for strong enforcement of our nation's trade laws to level the playing field with China and other countries, taking whatever action necessary to protect the domestic steel industry from unfair foreign competition, and urging the Department of Commerce to maintain China's "non-market economy" status, which preserves the ability of U.S. companies and American workers to access domestic trade remedy laws.