US workers “have been put under tremendous, tremendous pressure and strain by outside sources - we’re going to end that pressure and strain so [aluminium companies] can grow and hire lots of wonderful [US] workers,” Trump said in signing the order on April 27.
“We are very thankful for the efforts of the Trump administration. [...] This is a vital first step in a finding a long-term solution that will allow us to bring back the thousands of [US] jobs that have been lost,” Michael Bless, president and ceo of USA-based Century Aluminum Co, said in a statement on Thursday.
“We commend the administration's focus on [the USA's] economic and national security interests,” Scott Paul, president of the Washington-based Alliance for American Manufacturing, said in a statement on April 26, ahead of Trump's signing of the order. “But if we're to see real change, this investigation must be followed by appropriate...
