Strengthening trade enforcement is key to strengthening American manufacturing.
Washington Mills, a maker of abrasive and fused minerals used by a wide range of industries, had to reduce its prices to “unprofitable levels.”
Verso Corporation, which makes a variety of paper products, was forced to reduce its operations across the country and even closed facilities, leading to hundreds of layoffs.
Vaughan-Bassett, a furniture manufacturer in Virginia, struggled to hang on as Chinese manufacturers dumped products into the United States, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of furniture industry layoffs nationwide.
