Silverado's Work to Counter Foreign Polluters and Incentivize U.S. Manufacturing

This is the landing page for Silverado's work to date on border pollution measures. It contains economic and environmental impact analysis, policy recommendations, and data dashboards that address key indicators in the steel and aluminum industries.

Reports

Final Report: Impacts of a U.S. Border Pollution Measure (February 2025)

Silverado’s flagship report on the impacts of a U.S. border pollution measure applied to steel and aluminum products. An accompanying methodology report issued alongside the Final Report is available here .

Unwrought and Wrought Aluminum: U.S. Production and Trade (December 2024)

Provides background on U.S. production and trade of aluminum products. It is the second group of products examined in a series of reports on the U.S. steel and aluminum industries intended to inform policy discussions on border pollution measures.

Unwrought and Wrought Aluminum: State-Level Production and Employment
(December 2024)

Examines the current state of aluminum production at the state level.

Steel Mill Products: U.S. Production and Trade (November 2024)

Provides background on U.S. production and trade of steel mill products. It is the first group of products examined in a series of reports on the U.S. steel and aluminum industries intended to inform policy discussions on border pollution measures.

The U.S. Iron and Steel Industry: State-Level Production and Employment (November 2024)

Presents data on the number of steel plants, economic output, trade, and employment by state.

Data Dashboards and Infographics

Infographic: Impacts of a U.S. Border Pollution Measure (February 2025)

Presents combined summary results of a Silverado Policy Accelerator study on the economic and environmental impacts of a U.S. border pollution measure on steel and aluminum.

Steel Infographic: Impacts of a U.S. Border Pollution Measure (February 2025)

Presents the summary results of a Silverado Policy Accelerator study on the economic and environmental impacts of a U.S. border pollution measure on steel.

Aluminum Infographic: Impacts of a U.S. Border Pollution Measure (February 2025)
Presents the summary results of a Silverado Policy Accelerator study on the economic and environmental impacts of a U.S. border pollution measure on unwrought and wrought aluminum.

U.S. Steel Producers Dashboard (February 2025)
Contains data charts on U.S. raw steel production capacity, utilization volumes and rates, production values, and employment.

Global Steel Production Capacity Dashboard (November 2024)
Presents mapped raw steel production capacity in volume terms for 2023 (most recent data available at time of publication).

Comments and Testimony

Silverado Submits Comments for Section 301 Investigation on Structural Excess Capacity (May 2026)

Silverado’s comments include a description of how a remedy in the form of a border pollution measure could address lax or inadequate environmental protections in countries that export to the United States.

Silverado Oral Testimony Before the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in the Section 301 Investigation on Structural Excess Capacity (May 2026)

VP of Policy for Trade & Industrial Strategy John Corrigan testified to explain how a border pollution measure could counteract industrial pollution in countries that export to the United States.

Contacts

Policy Team

Maureen Hinman , Co-Founder and Chair

John Corrigan , Vice President of Policy, Trade, and Industrial Strategy (John@silverado.org)

Research Team

Andrew David , Senior Vice President of Research & Analysis (Andy@silverado.org)

Andrew Knipe , Senior Research & Analysis Advisor (Aknipe@silverado.org)

Paige Graham , Senior Research Analyst (Paige@silverado.org)

Brooklyn Graham , Policy & Research Assistant (Brooklyn@silverado.org)

View additional work on designing border pollution mechanisms and emissions accounting .