THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED for UNITED STEELWORKERS

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Treatment of manufacturing sector in tax reform

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

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 and domestic law; 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; Identifying ways to improve consultations and transparency in trade negotiations; Treatment of manufacturing regarding rules of origin in trade negotiations; Treatment of manufactured products and workers under fast track trade negotiating authority; Impact of intellectual property protections, including trade secrets, on the manufacturing sector

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

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, H.R. 3080) 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, the Bipartisan Budget Act (H.J. Res. 59), and potential omnibus FY 2014 appropriations; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base and importance of manufacturing to national security

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

Bills named: S. 601 (113th), H.R. 2609 (113th), H.J.Res. 59 (113th), H.R. 1877 (113th), H.R. 3080 (113th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

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

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

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

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