STEEL INDUSTRY WELCOMES NEW US-COLOMBIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
April 1st, 2012
BY LEAH GERMAIN
Representatives from the American steel industry have welcomed coming into force next week (on May 15) of the USA's latest free-trade agreement (FTA), agreed with Colombia.
The president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Thomas J. Gibson, told Metal Bulletin: "AISI supported passage of the U.S.-Colombia FTA, because we believe this agreement will be good for the American steel industry and for our domestic manufacturing customers.
"By lowering and eventually eliminating tariffs in Colombia for steel and ...
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