AISI Steel Priorities 2025

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), representing integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers of carbon, alloy and stainless steel and key suppliers and downstream processors, is pleased to provide the Trump administration and the 119th Congress the public policy priorities for the domestic steel industry.

The American steel industry serves as the backbone of the manufacturing sector and is critical to the U.S. economy and national security. Our nation’s critical infrastructure and every major defense system rely on steel to operate effectively. Steel is also essential to the everyday lives of all Americans — cars and trucks, the roads and bridges they drive on, home appliances and the electricity grid that powers them, and the entire energy sector, from oil and gas to wind, solar and nuclear energy, depend on steel.

The trade and tax measures enacted during the first Trump administration provided a much more competitive environment for the American steel industry and led to the industry investing billions of dollars in new and upgraded facilities, as well as in research and development to produce new advanced grades of steel for our customers. The American steel industry is also the cleanest and most energy-efficient of the major steel industries in the world. But our industry faces significant challenges from foreign unfair trade practices and global steel excess capacity that can fuel surges in dumped and subsidized steel imports into the U.S. market, threatening our industry and the jobs we support. In addition to the unfair trade challenges faced by the American steel industry, there are several Environmental Protection Agency regulations that if not reconsidered threaten the global competitiveness of our operations and the jobs supported by them.

2025 presents an opportunity for the new administration and Congress to take a holistic look at the key issues impacting steel manufacturing. As policymakers work to ensure America’s national security and strengthen our economy, AISI urges consideration of three sets of important policy priorities:

• Enhancing existing trade measures to address foreign unfair trade practices;
• Ensuring common-sense regulations that foster innovation; and
• Implementing tax policies to encourage new and continued investment.

AISI is proud to represent an industry that plays such an essential role in people’s everyday lives and strengthens America’s economic vitality and national security. The following papers detail AISI’s policy recommendations that will enable the continued success of the American steel industry.

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