Public hearing Aug. 7 becomes last step in recommendation to President

The United Steelworkers (USW) has requested an appearance before the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) public hearing scheduled Aug. 7 in the final step of a trade case in which the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has determined that surging low cost consumer tire imports from China have damaged the domestic industry with lost jobs and factory shutdowns.

The USW advocates strong enforcement of  a U.S. trade law at a timely moment during the opening by President Obama of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington ... more