The Wessel Group Incorporated

Efforts to promote U.S. Manufacturing Sector; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base and importance of manufacturing to national security; Implementation of administration actions, including Executive Orders, to promote domestic manufacturing and job creation and retention; Implementation of melted and poured standard for steel under Buy America; Legislative efforts to promote the rebuilding and expansion of infrastructure and promoting the use of domestically produced materials; Implementation of 45X and 48c tax credits; Federal support for development of energy-efficiency improvement projects in aluminum smelting; Support for Buy America policies in potential Surface Transportation bill; Treatment of alumina and aluminum under Section 45X tax credit in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (PL117-169) and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (PL 119-21); Ensure that terms of Nippon Steels acquisition of domestic steel making assets are properly reviewed by federal government.

Trade law enforcement; Workers' Rights in international trade; Trade issues relating to surge in importation of steel and aluminum products into the United States; Treatment of Chinese overcapacity in steel, aluminum, paper and other industrial sectors; Support for Eliminating Global Market Distortions to Protect American Jobs Act; Support for Rapid Response Mechanism Workers Rights cases under the USMCA; Proposals to address circumvention and evasion of existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders, including the Fighting Trade Cheats Act of 2025 (H.R. 1284); Support for Trade Adjustment Assistance Renewal; Support for action under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to address Chinese Transportation, logistics, and maritime policies and their impact on domestic production and employment; Development of carbon border adjustment mechanisms and other trade tools to main domestic manufacturing production while driving decarbonization; Support for the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act (H.R.1548/ S.691); Addressing surge of steel and aluminum imports from Mexico; Support for Administrations increase of tariffs on Chinese exports of steel and aluminum products; Support for retention of Section 301 tariffs against China; Support efforts to reform U.S. de minimis law and policy; Treatment of critical minerals in potential Critical Minerals Agreements; Tariff coverage for domestic chemical grade alumina under section 232 tariffs or other administration tariff actions; Support for strategic implementation of broad tariffs against countries engaged in unfair trade practices; Support for SHIPS for America Act (S. 1541/H.R. 3151); Support for Building Ships in America Act (S. 1536); Advocate for utilization of domestic supplies of plate and other commodities in domestic shipbuilding.