"Thomas J. Usher" is an American business executive that has served as the President, Chief Operations Officer and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Steel. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Marathon Oil, the World Steel Association/International Iron and Steel Institute, and the US-Korea Business Council, as well as at U.S. Steel.

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It is uncertain at this time how soon the export crisis will be resolved. With current world conditions, the import problem is far broader than hot-rolled products from three countries, and we continue to evaluate new trade cases against these and other nations covering a number of products.

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While we are encouraged by the improvement in second-quarter pricing and volumes, steadily increasing imports continue to adversely impact our business. After a brief period of improvement, we are seeing both our order book and prices soften due to surging imports and increasing evidence that the growth in the domestic economy is slowing.

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