Zekelman: Steel tariffs yes, analysts not so much (Pt. 2)

摘要

Barry Zekelman, CEO of North American tube maker Zekelman Industries, thinks USPresident Donald Trump’s “trade policy has been good for everything,” pointing to the jobscreated, especially manufacturing jobs. But there are those -- mostly the analystsZekelman doesn't heed -- who maintain the tariffs have been counterproductive.Speaking at the Steel Success Conference in New York this past week, Curt Woodworth,metals and mining analyst with Credit Suisse, said the restart of US steelmaking capacity,coupled with Canadian and Mexican steel again being allowed into the US free of the 25%Section 232 tariffs, has effectively "zeroed out the impact of the tariffs."