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Four Reasons Consumers Might Think Safeguards are the Dirty Laundry of Trade Policy

Safeguards are designed to help domestic producers adjust to competition, but there at least four reasons they don’t help the American consumer. Two high profile petitions will test how the administration deals with these competing concerns.

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THE METALWORKING GROUP

“In a typical year, I’d be looking at maybe buying more equipment or investing in the business. And now I don’t know what things are going to look like six months from now.”

-Mike Schmitt, CEO

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BRINLY-HARDY COMPANY

“Our U.S. manufacturing jobs and our 179-year history should not be considered acceptable collateral damage.”

-Jane Hardy, CEO

AMERICAN KEG COMPANY

“There’s only so much that a customer is willing to pay to buy an American-made keg.”

-Paul Czachor, CEO