...hurt another. Former state Auditor Mark Dayton said he supports stronger controls on trade to restrict "dumping" of foreign steel into U.S. markets. He cited several votes by Grams that he said were unfriendly to the steel industry. Grams said...

...without success to get trade sanctions imposed against foreign steel producers. For some students at Mesabi East High School...schools disappear?" "What have you done to stop cheap foreign steel?" a young man asked. Another asked what can be done...

...and uncertainty, some Wheeling-Pitt workers see another threat -- real or imagined -- to their future besides foreign steel. Ronald LaBow, WHX Corp.'s chairman and a target of bitter union complaints during the 1997 strike, gained a...

...Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing required the earlier shutdown. LTV officials blame the closing on an influx of cheap foreign steel, lower steel prices, and lower demand for its products. All that adds up to a reduced demand for the taconite pellets...

...warnings from steel users that trade sanctions against foreign steel will mean higher prices for everything from automobiles...Commission that could lead to punitive tariffs or quotas on foreign steel brought an immediate negative response from a major...

...economy. For decades, the steel industry has, with varied success, asked U.S. administrations to impose tariffs on foreign steel. Last December, Bush's Commerce Department unfortunately ruled that a tariff of up to 40 percent was justified...

...handlers, tugboats and ship chandleries. The port needs more cargoes particularly this year to replace shipments of foreign steel that have fallen off, said Gary Nicholson, president of Lake Superior Warehousing Co. Inc.

...reflected an effort by Bush, whose free trade credentials were tarnished by his recent decision to slap big tariffs on foreign steel, to shift the spotlight to what he characterized as congressional foot-dragging on trade. But some congressional...