Tag «Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations»

Statement of AIIS Executive Director Richard Chriss on the Conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations

Falls Church, VA. October 6, 2015. For the 100-plus members of the AIIS, and particularly for the livelihoods of the many thousands of men and women who work for them and who depend on a globally competitive steel supply chain, news that the 12-nations participating in the Trans- Pacific Partnership negotiations have concluded their work …

SSINA, USW Urge Exclusion of Japan from TPP Negotiations

(Washington, D.C. March 2, 2015)  The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) and the United Steelworkers (USW) have today sent the following letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael B. Froman.  The letter urges that Japan be excluded from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations unless it opens its market to exports of steel from the …

SSINA issues letter to Ustr URGING Rapid Conclusion oF Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiationswithout further participation by Japan

(Washington, D.C.,  April 16, 2014)   On behalf of the Specialty Steel Industry of North America (“SSINA”), counsel David A. Hartquist submitted a letter to the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”), Michael B. Froman, urging USTR to swiftly conclude negotiations to establish the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement (“TPP”) without further participation by Japan. “This agreement, …