Report: Steelmakers Draw Importers' Ire

Steel importers, exporters and industries that use steel calculated that U.S. steelmakers have received about $17 billion in subsidies since 2000, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

The American Institute for International Steel, an advocacy group, will also charge in a report to be released today that the U.S. industry continues to win favorable trade decisions restricting imports even though demand outpaces domestic supply, the newspaper said in a published report on its Web site.

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