Crisis and Adjustment in European Steel: Beyond Laisser‐Faire

Tsoukalis, Loukas; Strauss, Robert P.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-5965.1985.tb00069.x

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Made in America? us steelmaking in the 1990s: An American resurgence?

Moore

1996

The Int. Exec.

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This article examines the improved competitiveness of the U.S. carbon steel industry, a sector that has suffered extreme economic difficulty over the last three decades. The article argues that despite the lack of a coherent national steel policy, the US steel industry has significantly increased its competitiveness relative to foreign steel competitors. Four reasons stand out. First and foremost, domestic minimills have provided intense competition for the domestic integrated sector. Secondly, the falling value of the dollar has improved the international position of all US steel firms. Thirdly, US labor costs have been reduced sharply, both through wage concessions by the United Steelworkers and massive layoffs. Finally, joint ventures with Japanese firms have provided traditional firms with cash and new technical innovations.

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