THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED for UNITED STEELWORKERS

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Changing nature of labor markets and evaluation of labor management cooperation efforts

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Manufacturing MAN

Treatment of iron, steel and manufactured products under Buy America provisions; Increasing funding for Section 48(c) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Development of domestic sourcing for nuclear, wind and other alternative and renewable energy producers; Policies to encourage increased energy efficiency in manufacturing;Efforts to promote U.S. Manufacturing Sector; House Make It In America Agenda; Treatment of ductile iron pipe by agencies under the jurisdiction of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act (H.R. 2609); Buy America policies in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and other domestic sourcing policies; Funding mechanisms for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including the Water Resources Development Act (S. 601) and the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013 (H.R. 1877); Funding for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund in the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base and importance of manufacturing to national security

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 601 (113th), H.R. 1877 (113th), H.R. 2609 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Treatment of manufacturing sector in tax reform

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Manufacturing concerns with climate change legislation; Issues surrounding financing mechanisms for carbon emission remediation programs

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade law enforcement; World Trade Organization, Doha Round, rules negotiations; Export promotion; Issues surrounding exports of liquefied natural gas;Treatment of glassware sector in multilateral trade negotiations; Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations; Currency manipulation by the People's Republic of China; Impact of international trade on domestic alternative and renewable energy production; USW Section 301 petition on alternative and renewable energy production equipment and related products; Treatment of State Owned Enterprises in trade agreements; Trade in solar products; Workers' Rights in international trade; Addressing illegal trade practices by China regarding U.S. auto parts production; Effective execution of trade laws via International Trade Commission; Maintaining integrity of Foreign Trade Zone law implementation to exclude products subject to antidumping duties; Expansion of Interrnational Trade Commission model to cover labor and human rights in their reports; Fast track trade negotiating authority; Currency manipulation by Japan; Support for inclusion of a provision in Customs reauthorization bills providing standing to unions to petition Customs to investigate alleged evasion of AD/CVD orders; Treatment of zeroing by Department of Commerce; US-EU Free Trade Agreement Negotiations; US-Korea Free Trade Agreement implementation; Chinese cybersecurity issues and impact on U.S. manufacturing sector; Trade issues relating to surge in importation of steel products into the United States; Treatment of tires from Indonesia under the Generalized System of Preferences; Identifying ways to improve consultations and transparency in trade negotiations; Treatment of manufacturing regarding rules of origin in trade negotiations;

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP)