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Senators Ask Administration to Intervene in Transformer Market With Canada, Mexico
February 10, 2022 by Mara Lee|Congress

Ohio's two senators and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., are asking the commerce secretary and U.S. trade representative to convince Canada and Mexico "to either reduce their exports of down-stream GOES products to the United States, or utilize more U.S. GOES in the production of those products." In a letter that leaned heavily on the Commerce Department's conclusion that the import of transformer components from neighboring countries is a national security threat, they said grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) is produced by Cleveland-Cliffs in two locations in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and supports 2,000 jobs. When a 25% tariff was imposed on steel, the market shifted so that cores, core parts and laminates became the imports for transformers, rather than the steel. Imports of GOES dropped by 56% the year after the tariffs began.

Republicans on Finance Committee, Biden at Odds Over How to Encourage EV Adoption
January 26, 2022 by Mara Lee|Congress

All 14 of the Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee are telling colleagues in their chamber that providing a $12,500 incentive to purchase union-made, U.S.-assembled electric vehicles will spur foreign retaliation against American auto exports. The House version of Build Back Better offers a $7,500 refundable tax credit for any electric vehicle purchase -- the same amount as current law, but makes it refundable and does not phase it out for leading manufacturers. Currently, Tesla and General Motors vehicles are no longer eligible for the credits. But in order to receive $12,500, the car or truck would need to include a U.S.-assembled battery and be made by union workers in the United States.