re: Trump said he's prepared to raise tariffs as trade war with China heats up

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In all seriousness, does everything other than american have that same QC problem?

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For pipe mill runs on big cross country pipeline projects, companies send inspectors to the mills for quality control.

Because American mills are staffed with third party inspectors from various pipeline operators the manufacturing process are held to the highest standards. That kind of quality control is more difficult in Asia.

Now for smaller pipeline diameter projects (12" and below) foreign steel with good reputations are considered, like Hyundai and Kawasaki.