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Steel Imports Up 3.4% In August vs. July

AISI Statement on Final Repeal of GHG Limits for U.S. Power Plants

AISI Releases August SIMA Imports Data

July Steel Shipments Down 3.7 Percent From Prior Month

Steel Imports Up 7.4% in July vs. June-Revised

AISI Releases July SIMA Imports Data

AISI Releases Annual Statistical Report for 2025

June Steel Shipments Up 4.8 Percent From Prior Month

AISI Says China Report on ‘So Called Excess Capacity’ Fundamentally Flawed

Steel Imports Down 4.3% in June vs. May

Letter to the Editor in The Wall Street Journal: Hold China Accountable for Its Trade Practices

Regarding “U.S., G-20 See Common Ground Over China Exports” (U.S. News, Sept. 3), it is better late than never to see the Group of 20 nations acknowledge what the American steel industry has been saying for years—that policy-driven overproduction coupled with overreliance on exports is a global economic threat. This is a good first step, but now is the time for action.

Dempsey on Fox News

Kevin Dempsey, president and CEO of AISI, joined Fox News to discuss the U.S.-Canada trade relationship ahead of the upcoming tariff deadline, highlighting the important role steel plays in trade between the two countries and the case for a “Fortress North America” approach to strengthen North American supply chains.

Letter to the Editor in The Washington Post: These Tariffs are Working

The Aug. 11 editorial “China exports its economic problems to the world” aptly highlighted a problem that the American steel industry and U.S. manufacturers have long decried: China’s heavy subsidies fuel a glut of exports that distort global markets.

AISI President and CEO Quoted in POLITICO Pro Morning Trade

Today, AISI President and CEO Kevin Dempsey was quoted in POLITICO Pro Morning Trade. In the newsletter, Dempsey discussed a new position paper published by China’s Ministry of Commerce on excess manufacturing capacity. Read the newsletter here and the full statement here.

AISI President and CEO Quoted in CNN

AISI President and CEO, Kevin Dempsey was quoted in CNN. Read the article here.

Dempsey Quoted in The New York Times

AISI President and CEO, Kevin Dempsey was quoted in The New York Times on steel tariffs. Kevin Dempsey, the president of the American Iron and Steel Institute, an industry group, said that the tariffs had been “very effective” compared with previous one-off trade actions that had only targeted specific countries or specific products. “Things would […]

AISI Quoted in Reuters on Re-Introduction of Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

AISI was quoted in Reuters on the re-introduction of the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act. Read the full article here.