The recently revealed U.S. section 232 “national security” reviews of steel and aluminum drew on a prior Presidential Policy Directive that requires critical infrastructure to have the ability to “withstand and rapidly recover from all hazards”. That includes having domestic manufacturing capability in infrastructure sectors such as power and water. Regular anti-dumping cases can be used – for example as has been the case for large electrical transformers. However, the Commerce Department’s has requested funds for more section 232 cases in the coming year. Panjiva data shows imports o...