Capitol Line
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Thanks to all who generously contributed to
the participation of AISI's TEAM STEEL in the Race
for the Cure on June 3, 2000. Once again we went
over the $1000 mark.
Pictured from top to bottom: Sen.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), Rep. Robert Matsui
(D-CA), Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Susan
Esseman
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Rules-Based
Trade After Seattle
AISI
and many of its member companies recently participated
in a successful Congressional symposium focusing on the
future of rules-based trade after Seattle. The symposium
was organized by the Committee to Support U.S. Trade
Laws (CSUSTL), of which AISI is a founding member.
CSUSTL is the country’s largest coalition in support of
effective U.S. laws against unfair trade.
Remarks
were made by Steel Caucus member Sen. Daniel Patrick
Moynihan (D-NY) (pictured at top), Rep. Robert Matsui
(D-CA)(pictured above), Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Susan Esserman (pictured below) as well as industry and
labor executives. The group is planning its next
Symposium, as a part of a series, entitled
“Decision-Making at the WTO: Are U.S. Interests
Adequately Served?” for mid-June.
AISI Chairman
Weighs In On Truck Weights
  Pictured from top to bottom: CEO of Weirton
Steel Corp. Dick Reiderer, Robert Ney
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AISI
Chairman and CEO of Weirton Steel Corporation Dick
Riederer recently spoke to members of the Americans for
Safe and Efficient Transportation (ASET) coalition on
the merits of increasing current truck weight limits on
U.S. interstates from 80,000 pounds to 97,000 pounds.
Also, Steel Caucus member Rep. Robert Ney (R-OH)
addressed the group.
The truck weight bill, H.R.
1667, introduced by Collin Peterson (D-MN) and Merrill
Cook (R-UT), would allow AISI member companies to load
two rather than one steel coil onto trucks, dramatically
decreasing the number of steel-laden trucks on the
roads. As confirmed by the Department of Transportation
(DOT), in its recent Truck Weight Study, many safety and
environmental benefits would also result from fewer
trucks on our nation’s roads.
AISI will continue its
work on Capitol Hill to gain support for this very
important piece of legislation.
Thank you again to
Chairman Riederer and Congressman Ney!
CAFE
Efforts
are heating up on Capitol Hill in regard to the threat
of increases in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy
(CAFE) standards for light trucks from the current 20.7
miles per gallon (mpg) to 27 mpg, as proposed by
DOT.
AISI and its member companies are fully engaged
in the debate and are working tirelessly to defeat any
attempts to strike down the current moratorium on light
truck CAFE increases. AISI argues that the answer is not
to lift the freeze but to continue efforts to develop
high-strength steel and new steel engineering for light
weighting car and light trucks so as not to sacrifice
safety, affor-dability, utility or recyclability.
An
unwelcome floor fight in the House was successfully
diverted in late May, with action now focused on the
Senate.
AISI Issues
Report on 1999 U.S. Indirect Steel
Trade
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