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Brown fears administration delaying action on steel 'basically forever'

August 10, 2017 at 4:59 PM
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) this week blasted the Trump administration for talking tough on Chinese steel overcapacity and then delaying any action, saying "it would have been better if they hadn't even brought it up." Speaking on a National Association of Manufacturers podcast, Brown noted that the administration had planned strong action on overcapacity following a Section 232 investigation of the national security implications of steel imports, but decided to hold off in part out of fear that steel actions...


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