WARREN — A letter asking for exemption to the 50 percent tariff on imported steel authored by union representatives of steel workers at Thomas Steel, Warren Mayor Doug Franklin and Trumbull County commissioners was mailed last week to Senators Jon Husted, R-Ohio, and Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, as well as Congressmen David Joyce, R-Bainbridge, and Michael Rulli, R-Salem.

“Thomas Steel Strip relies on a unique type of steel known as Battery Quality Hot Rolled (BQHR) steel imported from its parent company Tata Steel Netherlands,” the letter notes. “No domestic supplier can consistently meet the standards required for this steel. Qualifying an alternative source would take years

“Years are not what we have,” the letter continues.

Mark Murray, a staff representative with United Steelworkers Dist

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