The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) joined with nine leading organizations representing the iron and steel industry on Thursday to send a letter to President Trump to express “absolute and unqualified support” for strong Buy America preferences.
The foundation of the Buy America program is “the longstanding requirement that all steel manufacturing processes occur in the United States for a product to be Buy America compliant,” the organizations write. This ranges from the actual production of steel to steel finishing processes, a standard known as “melted and poured” that has been applied since 1983.
