MAN — Manufacturing
Efforts to promote U.S. Manufacturing Sector; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base and importance of manufacturing to national security; Implementation of administration actions, including Executive Orders, to promote domestic manufacturing and job creation and retention; Implementation of melted and poured standard for steel under Buy America; Legislative efforts to promote the rebuilding and expansion of infrastructure and promoting the use of domestically produced materials; Support for Buy America policies in potential infrastructure legislation including a potential Surface Transportation bill and a potential Water Resources Development Act; Buy America policies and funding levels, for infrastructure programs in FY2026 and FY2027 appropriations bills; Support for Buy America policies in legislation including the Housing for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 6644, S. 2651).
Government entities lobbied: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
TRD — Trade (domestic/foreign)
Trade law enforcement; Workers' Rights in international trade; Trade issues relating to surge in importation of steel and aluminum products into the United States; Treatment of Chinese overcapacity in steel, aluminum, paper and other industrial sectors; Support for Eliminating Global Market Distortions to Protect American Jobs Act; Support for Rapid Response Mechanism Workers Rights cases under the USMCA; Proposals to address circumvention and evasion of existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders, including the Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2025 (H.R. 1284/S. 3808); Support for Trade Adjustment Assistance Renewal; Support for action under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to address Chinese Transportation, logistics, and maritime policies and their impact on domestic production and employment; Development of carbon border adjustment mechanisms and other trade tools to main domestic manufacturing production while driving decarbonization; Support for the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act (H.R.1548/ S.691); Addressing surge of steel and aluminum imports from Mexico; Support for Administrations increase of tariffs on Chinese exports of steel and aluminum products; Support for retention of Section 301 tariffs against China; Treatment of aluminum and alumina in Critical Mineral Agreements or potential plurilateral critical mineral trade agreements under consideration by the administration; Tariff coverage for domestic chemical grade alumina under section 232 tariffs or other administration tariff actions; Support for strategic implementation of broad tariffs against countries engaged in unfair trade practices; Support for SHIPS for America Act (S. 1541/H.R. 3151); Support for Building Ships in America Act (S. 1536); Advocate for utilization of domestic supplies of plate and other commodities in domestic shipbuilding.
Government entities lobbied: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)