{"id":11257,"date":"2025-10-24T19:40:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steelorg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=11257"},"modified":"2025-10-24T19:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:42:47","slug":"aisi-comment-on-ustr-initiation-of-a-section-301-investigation-into-chinas-implementation-of-the-phase-one-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steel.org\/2025\/10\/aisi-comment-on-ustr-initiation-of-a-section-301-investigation-into-chinas-implementation-of-the-phase-one-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"AISI Comment on USTR Initiation Of A Section 301 Investigation Into China&#8217;s Implementation Of The Phase One Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 Kevin Dempsey, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute, today provided the following statement on the United States Trade Representative (USTR) initiating a Section 301 investigation into China\u2019s implementation of the 2020 U.S.-China Phase One trade agreement:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAISI commends Ambassador Greer and the Trump administration for their leadership in holding China accountable through the initiation of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ustr.gov\/about\/policy-offices\/press-office\/press-releases\/2025\/october\/ustr-initiates-section-301-investigation-chinas-implementation-phase-one-agreement\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Section 301 investigation<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on implementation of the U.S.-China Phase One Agreement. China\u2019s unfair trade practices remain a significant threat to American manufacturing industries, including steel. This investigation is yet another important step by the Trump administration to support our domestic manufacturing base and its workers.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">####<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact: Sarah Bryant Burns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>202.452.7176 \/<a href=\"mailto:sburns@steel.org\">sburns@steel.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI\u2019s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America\u2019s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI\u2019s website at\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steel.org\/\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">www.steel.org<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">. 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