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APRIL - 2006 BUYERS BRACE FOR HOT-ROLL HIKE OF $20-$50 TON IN JUNE - "AMM", April 10, 2006
   
MAY - 2006 STEEL PRICES ARE LIKELY TO JUMP, ADDING TO MANUFACTURERS' WOES - "Wall Street Journal", May 23, 2006
   
2005  
   
   
JANUARY - 2004 STEEL PRICES JUMP, SPURRING PROTESTS FROM CUSTOMERS - "Wall Street Journal", January 23, 2004
   
MARCH - 2004 SPIKE IN METAL PRICES:  WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR SMALL MANUFACTURERS? - "House of Representatives Small Business Committee", March 10, 2004
   
APRIL - 2004 TAPPING THE BREAKS? - "SDB Magazine", April 23, 2004
   
   
2003  
FEBRUARY - 2003 U.S. STEEL USERS CLAIM TARIFFS 'PROTECT A FEW AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MAJORITY' - "Wharton", February 12, 2003
   
MARCH - 2003  UNITED WE FALL? - "Entrepreneur", March 2003
   
  CITAC STEEL TASK FORCE MEMBERS TELL HOUSE WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE THAT STEEL TARIFFS MAKE IT 'VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE' TO COMPETE GLOBALLY - "CITAC", March 26, 2003
   
  TESTIMONY OF LESTER TRILLA BEFORE THE TRADE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE - "CITAC", March 26, 2003
   
APRIL - 2003 SMALL FIRMS STEEL THEMSELVES AGAINST TARIFFS - "Chicago Tribune", April 6, 2003
   
JULY - 2003 U.S. STEEL TARIFFS MUST END, WTO SAYS APPEAL PROMISED, FEES STAY FOR NOW - "Chicago Tribune", July 12, 2003
   
SEPTEMBER - 2003 ITC RELEASES  REPORTS CONCERNING DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE U.S. STEEL INDUSTRY AND IMPACT ON STEEL-CONSUMING INDUSTRIES RESULTING FROM GLOBAL SAFEGUARD REMEDIES - "ITC New Release", September 19, 2003
   
  STEEL TARIFFS PAINT BUSH INTO CORNER - "Chicago Tribune", September 19, 2003
   
  CITAC STEEL TASK FORCE:  STEEL CONSUMERS TELL PRESIDENT BUSH TO TERMINATE THE TARIFFS - "PBN Press Release", September 19, 200
   
  PANEL SAYS TARIFFS ON STEEL DID LITTLE HARM - "Chicago Tribune", September 20, 2003
   
  TARIFFS CAUSING SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES HERE - "Chicago Tribune", September 23, 2003
   
   
JUNE - 2002 US DRUM MAKERS BEAT LOUD PROTEST OVER '201' - "AMM", June 22, 2002
   
  STEEL DRUM MANUFACTURERS DETAIL CASE FOR EXCLUSIONS FROM 201 STEEL TARIFFS - "The PBN Company", June 27, 2002
   
  STEEL CONSUMERS CITE TARIFFS FOR HIGH STEEL PRICES AND SHORTAGES - "The Bureau of National Affairs Inc.", June 28, 2003
   
  STEEL DRUM FIRMS HAMMER TARIFFS - "Chicago Tribune", June 29, 2002
   
   
JULY - 2002 DEAR FELLOW MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS - "CITAC", July 1, 2002
   
  BENT BUT UNBOWED - THE GIANTS OF AMERICAN STEEL ARE ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION.  TRADE RESTRICTIONS CAN'T SAVE THEM. BUT A LITTLE UPSTART FROM CLEVELAND JUST MIGHT - "Fortune", July 8, 2002
   
  TARIFFS PUNISH STEEL-DRUM MAKERS - NCPA, July 9, 2002
   
  TRADE OVER A BARREL - "The PBN Company", July 9, 2002
   
  US STEEL DRUM PRODUCERS POUNDED BY SECTION 201 SAFEGUARD ACTION - "AMM", July 11, 2002
   
  CONGRESSMAN EYES PROBE ON STEEL 'COLLUSION' - "AMM", July 23, 2002
   
  SMALL STEEL USERS SAY COSTS HAVE SOARED BECAUSE OF TARIFFS - "Associated Press", July 23, 2002
   
  CITAC MEMBERS TELL HOUSE COMMITTEE STEEL SHORTAGES, SKY-HIGH PRICE INCREASES DEVASTATING TO U.S. MANUFACTURERS - "CITAC", July 23, 2002
   
  MANZULLO: STEEL TARIFFS ARE DEVASTATING AMERICA'S STRUGGLING SMALL MANUFACTURERS - "HSBC", Juy 23, 2002
   
  US HOUSE PANEL CHMN: STEEL MAKERS UNFAIRLY HIKED PRICES - "Dow Jones", July 23, 2002
   
   
AUGUST - 2002 HOW BUSH'S STEEL PLAN IS HURTING SMALL BUSINESSES - "The Rushford Report", August 2002
   
  TRADE AUTHORITY AND TARIFFS - "Chicago Tribune", August 2, 2002
   
  IT'S THE ELECTORATE, STUPID - "The Rushford Report", August 12, 2002
   
  STEEL TARIFFS AND THE PRICE OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES - "NCPA", August 12, 2002
   
  ADMINISTRATION'S STEEL TARIFFS HAMSTRING MANUFACTURERS - "Chicago Daily Herald", August 15, 2002
   
  PAYING A PRICE FOR STEEL TARIFFS - "NCPA", August 15, 2002
   
  STEEL MIDDLEMEN KEEP WARY EYE ON THE CANARY - "AMM", August 16, 2002
   
  BIG STEEL MIGHT LACK FLEXIBILITY TO SURVIVE' FAMILIAR STRATEGIES NOT STAVING OFF PRESSURE FROM FOREIGN RIVALS - "The Seattle Times", August 18, 2002
   
  STEEL'S TARIFF ADDICTION - "The Wall Street Journal", August 20, 2002
   
  OBJECT LESSON IN PROTECTIONISM - "Chicago Tribune", August 27, 2002
   
  RULING WILL BLOCK SOME STEEL TARIFFS - "LA Times", August 28, 2002
   
  BOARD REJECTS U.S. STEEL MAKERS' REQUEST - "The Washington Times", August 28, 2002
   
  U.S. STEEL FIRMS LOSE ANOTHER IMPORT BATTLE DUMPING DUTIES REJECTED AFTER TARIFF SETBACK - Washington Post", August 28, 2002
   
SEPTEMBER - 2002 RULES THAT PROMOTE PROTECTIONISM - "Financial Times", September 4, 2002

CITAC STEEL CONSUMERS IMPLORE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS DEVASTATING 201 FALLOUT - "CITAC", September 1, 2002

 

DECEMBER - 2002 BAD POLICIES MAKE BAD POLITICS - "PPI", December 2, 2002