This book examines the recent performance of the US steel industry and related policy issues, including the Bush Administration Section 201 initiative and measures in Congress addressing other aspects of problems in the steel industry. The question of 'legacy costs' has emerged as a key issue amid efforts to improve conditions within the US steel industry. Legacy costs are pension and health care benefit provisions of steel worker contracts, especially for retirees, which provide benefits above and beyond related public entitlements and which are funded by earnings of steel companies. This...
This book examines the recent performance of the US steel industry and related policy issues, including the Bush Administration Section 201 initiative...
It is clear that the US automotive industry has undergone many drastic changes that have had a net adverse effect on American interests. This book examines the causes of these changes. It also covers congressional acts, increasingly stringent emission laws
It is clear that the US automotive industry has undergone many drastic changes that have had a net adverse effect on American interests. This book exa...
The rapid growth of steel production and demand in China is considered as a major cause of the increases in both steel prices and the prices of steel-making inputs. This book presents an analyses on this critical industry.
The rapid growth of steel production and demand in China is considered as a major cause of the increases in both steel prices and the prices of steel-...