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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

AISI Statement on USTR Section 301 Action on Forced Labor

AISI Commends Senate Commerce Committee Passage of Connected Cars Bill

AISI Commends House Energy and Commerce Committee Passage of Ratepayer Protection Act

AISI Mourns the Death of Former Congressman Tim Murphy

AISI Lauds Senate Committee Passage of Water Resources Bill

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.

Dempsey Quoted in The New York Times, Reuters and CNN

AISI President and CEO Kevin Dempsey was quoted in The New York Times, Reuters, and CNN regarding the Trump administration’s 25 percent tariff on steel imports.

AISI’s Statement Highlighted in Introductory Remarks on SHIPS Act

Bipartisan legislation supported by AISI to upgrade and expand the U.S. shipbuilding and commercial maritime industries was introduced in Congress. The Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Prosperity and Security (SHIPS) for America Act was introduced by Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Todd Young (R-IN) and Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA) and Trent Kelly (R-MS). The statement […]