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ROCKEFELLER REACTS TO PRESIDENT BUSH’S STEEL EXCLUSIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) expressed his outrage today that the Bush Administration has excluded another 178 imported steel products from the steel tariffs that were announced in March of this year. This latest decision means that nearly 1/4 of all foreign imports are exempted from the tariffs. In response, Senator Rockefeller issued the followed statement:

"I am extremely disappointed that the president has buckled under foreign pressure at the expense of the American steel industry. The president has a responsibility to protect American jobs first, especially those that are threatened by unfair, illegal trade.

"Earlier this year, he made the right decision by announcing tariffs aimed at giving the steel industry and its workers relief from a surge of steel imports, that in many cases were illegally subsidized.

"Now the president has turned his back on those same steel workers and their companies by granting excessive, unjustified exclusions aimed at appeasing our trading partners and undermining the effectiveness of the steel tariffs."

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