Steel groups endorse OECD results. (Association News).

Metal Center News, February, 2003

Several steel industry organizations, in North America and elsewhere, welcomed the results achieved by NAFTA and other government officials at the December meeting of the OECD High Level Group on steel.

A joint statement endorsed by the American Iron and Steel Institute, Canadian Steel Producers Association, the Metals Service Center Institute, Mexican Steel Producers Association and the Steel Manufacturers Association, applauded the work of the High Level Group delegates.

"The steel industries of the NAFTA region were looking for significant results in two key areas. We were hoping that governments would agree to launch serious government negotiations on the elimination of steel sector subsidies and to explore seriously, with industry, mechanisms to...