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Wall Street Journal Letter to the Editor: Mexico’s Tariff Advantage Was Years in the Making

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About Us

The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition (USAEC) is a coalition of 14 American extruders seeking relief from unfair foreign trade practices. In response to the flood of unfairly traded foreign aluminum products entering the U.S., we are seeking effective enforcement of the 50% aluminum tariff and support common sense policy solutions to protect domestic manufacturing and 200,000 American jobs.

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The Challenge

Millions of tons of underpriced aluminum extrusions are flooding our country and harming our domestic industry, which has plenty of unused capacity that could meet U.S. demand for extruded aluminum products. This is causing significant harm for the $7 billion-a-year U.S. extrusion industry, threatening 37,000 direct and 160,000 indirect American jobs, and endangering hundreds of family-owned companies. Foreign producers are deliberately selling aluminum extrusions in the U.S. at prices far below what is fair or even possible for American manufacturers in order to drive us out of business. This practice violates trade laws, has caused thousands of Americans to lose their jobs, and threatens the jobs of thousands of others.

FACT SHEET: How the Coalition is Fighting Foreign Dumping, Especially from China

The Solution

Working together with our members, USAEC is fighting to save our industry.

Tariff Enforcement

The current 50% tariff on aluminum is exactly what our industry needs. However, without proper enforcement, our industry is suffering as importers take advantage of loopholes to undervalue aluminum extrusions entering the country. We need adequate enforcement of this tariff to stop the bleeding and effectively combat the unfair trade practices threatening the survival of a great American manufacturing industry.

USMCA Renegotiation

As the USMCA renewal period approaches, we are seeking the establishment of a minimum U.S. content requirement for manufactured aluminum products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico. This will prevent countries like China from using Mexico as a path to duty circumvention and alleviate the risk this poses to domestic producers.

Level Playing Field

U.S. companies and workers can compete with anyone, but only when foreign countries play by the rules. What foreign countries and importers are doing right now is not fair. This is why we need America First trade policies that promote free and fair trade to stop the cheating and level the playing field for our U.S. industry.

Testimonials

Why Unfair Trade of Aluminum Extrusions Must End​

“We have reached a critical moment for the future of the U.S. aluminum extrusion industry, which is facing a major crisis due to unfair imports.”
Roy Houseman
Roy HousemanLegislative Director of the United Steelworkers union
"If the federal government doesn’t grant our industry relief, we will have to consider establishing extrusion operations in low-cost countries to survive."
Terry Sheehan
Terry SheehanCEO of Brazeway with facilities in Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky
“We have a great employee base, many of whom have been with the company for decades. But, largely because of unfair import competition, we have had to let go of hundreds of employees in the past year.”
W. Brook Hamilton
W. Brook HamiltonPresident of Bonnell Aluminum with facilities in Georgia, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan and Utah
“We want to be able to continue to play an important role in our communities. But without relief from imports, the company's future and our workers' jobs are in jeopardy.”
Bennett McEvoy
Bennett McEvoyPresident of Western Extrusions Corporation with facilities in Texas and New Jersey
“We can’t compete in an unfairly traded market and we’re cutting workers’ hours as a result. We’re also holding off on a few strategic growth investments, pending the action from Washington.”
Mark Butterfield
Mark ButterfieldPresident of Pennex Extruded Products with facilities in Pennsylvania and Ohio
“We’re not just in the business of aluminum extrusion;
we’re in the business of building relationships and communities."
Steve Dillett
Steve DillettCEO of Custom Aluminum Products with facilities in Illinois
Unfair foreign trade is the main reason for the company’s 30 percent decrease in nonmilitary sales at one of its two factories.
Charles Stout
Charles StoutPresident of Taber Extrusions with facilities in Arkansas and Mississippi
“Some of our customers have moved 60-to-70 percent of their purchases to offshore manufacturers."
Nick Noecker
Nick NoeckerPresident of International Extrusions with facilities in Michigan

USAEC MEMBERS

Alexandria Extrusion Company https://www.alexandriaindustries.com/
APEL Extrusions
Bonnell Aluminum https://bonnellaluminum.com
https://www.brazeway.com/
Custom Aluminum Products
Extrudex Aluminum
International Extrusions
Jordan Aluminum Company
M–D Building Products, Inc.
Merit Aluminum Corporation https://www.meritaluminum.com/
MI Metals
Pennex Aluminum Solutions
Tower-extrusions
westernextrusions
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