| Some of the automotive suppliers from U.S. | | | | they have not felt relief from the existed |
| have demanded for exclusions from the high | | | | guidelines of the administration's exclusion |
| tariffs which were mostly agreed by the Bush | | | | process.The process has described mainly |
| administration and almost all companies filed | | | | speciality forms of steel from abroad which |
| range from Tier 1 producers to the small Tier | | | | could not been created or bought from the |
| 3 Producers.Motor& Equipment Manufacturers | | | | U.S. market. The U.S. steel producers have |
| Association (also named MEMA), taking into | | | | reached exclusion in the first tour for |
| account the possibilities of serious job | | | | importing slabs and flat-rolled steel |
| losses has required for an expand of existent | | | | products at low prices, while steel costumers |
| guidelines of the second stage of exclusions | | | | have gained minimal relief. Moreover, |
| and 'to consider the critical factors of | | | | competitors from abroad have gained a more |
| price and supply steel as part of its | | | | powerful control over the U.S. market by |
| decisions''s.Despite the fact that MEMA is | | | | buying steel at normal prices and by |
| prone to support an existent of domestic | | | | exporting finished or partially finished |
| steel industry, its tariffs had a strong | | | | products at lower tariffs.MEMA claims is |
| negative effect on the automotive suppliers, | | | | heavily concerned by the fact that high steel |
| according to Chris Bates the president of | | | | prices will threaten the viability of a |
| MEMA. This supply constraints and the | | | | powerful American manufacturing center' |
| increases in price which are generally a | | | | without a secure supply of raw materials and |
| result of the high steel tariffs are now | | | | a steady cost structure, U.S. auto parts and |
| obliging large Tier 1 Automotive suppliers to | | | | components manufacturers will not be able to |
| start creating or buying components that they | | | | secure future business and to ensure their |
| have previously created and purchased from | | | | competitive stance in the global automotive |
| foreign sources.According to what MEMA | | | | industry', MEMA claimed.MEMA will continue as |
| claims, a tendency of responding to the | | | | strong supporter of the House Resolution, |
| increase of steel tariffs is to reduce the | | | | introduced by representative Joe Knollenberg |
| production and to start thinking about the | | | | on Oct. 9. The legislation which happens to |
| movement of some manufacturing facilities | | | | be bipartisan has gained support in the 107th |
| permanently abroad. MEMA also claim that the | | | | Congress and it has been introduced again in |
| shift of movement facilities and jobs to | | | | theHouse in 3003. This Resolution of |
| other countries where prices remain the same | | | | Knollenberg's asks the president to ask that |
| is growing fast.The industry of auto parts | | | | the International Trade Comission should |
| suppliers haven't benefited from the first | | | | reconsider the effect of the tariffs on steel |
| round of the process of exclusion, taken care | | | | consumption industries in U.S.The present |
| of by the Department of Commerce and the U.S. | | | | analysis must be included in the ITC's |
| trade Representatives's office.Taking into | | | | midterm review of the administrations's steel |
| account the fact that the U.S. manufacturers | | | | program, which should be released by |
| of automotive parts and components reach a | | | | September 2003, said MEMA. |
| price of 95 percent of the steel from U.S.A | | | | |