Steel industry associations praised the passage of a measure that would ensure adequate funding for trade enforcement activities conducted by the International Trade Administration's Office of Enforcement and Compliance (E&C) to ensure adequate resources to enforce US trade laws.
"The US House of Representatives today passed an amendment, introduced by the leaders of the Congressional Steel Caucus, Representatives Mike Bost (R-IL), Conor Lamb (D-PA) and Rick Crawford (R-AR), and others, to the FY2021 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill (CJS), which would set minimum funding levels for trade enforcement activities at the E&C office,"...