AJOT Newsroom
| June 13, 2025
| International Trade
U.S. metal-using manufacturers are already paying significantly more for steel than their global competitors. For example, according to SteelBenchmarker, the price of hot-rolled steel in the United States is $993 per ton, compared to $384 in China and $715 in the European Union. If this gap widens, customers will simply source finished products from abroad—putting our member companies and American jobs at risk.