SMU Conference Debate Over AD/CVD Continues

The manufacturing panel during the SMU Steel Summit Conference last week in Atlanta featured a lively exchange between Barry Zekelman (CEO, Zekelman Industries) and Dan Pearson (Cato Institute). Mr. Zekelman’s comments appeared in the Aug. 31, 2017, issue of Steel Market Update. Mr. Pearson, the former chairman of the International Trade Commission, read our article and wanted an opportunity to expand on his views of trade, specifically the value/lack of value regarding U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty laws:

I read with interest the article in the Aug. 31 edition of Steel Market Update regarding the Aug. 30 comments by Barry Zekelman at the SMU Steel Summit.  I’ve spent enough of my career in business to have great respect for managers like Zekelman who run complicated businesses in a constantly changing economy.  They are responsible for keeping their companies going in bad times as well as good, which often is a whole lot more difficult than anyone would wish.