Rolling Meadows, Ill., March 3, 2017—M. Robert Weidner, III, president and CEO of the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI), issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s 2017 Trade Policy Agenda:

“We are encouraged by early outlines of the Trump administration trade law enforcement program, which sidesteps the World Trade Organization when necessary. As the Trump trade team fleshes out this promising approach, we emphatically urge a renewed focus on China’s consistent and damaging trade law and currency violations. Equally important, we believe the only effective way to bring U.S. manufacturing back to its full potential is through a comprehensive, integrated approach to trade law prosecution that accounts for the impact a single enforcement action has up and down the entire industrial metals supply chain.

“At this critical time, we also call on the Senate to finally confirm Robert Lighthizer, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. Trade Representative, as well as the administration’s remaining cabinet nominees. Further delay by our elected representatives only retards this nation’s promise and economic progress.”