Too bad the consumer never benefited from all of the cheap crappy steel dumped in the USA. The middle men got all the marginal “savings” and the taxpayer was left with the bill.
You are as usual wrong. The imported steel is not crappy.
I review lots and lots of steel material test reports (MTR’s) from literally all over the world certifying compliance with ASTM and EU 10201 3.1 standards. I often review a batch of MTR’s for steel materials in one US product from as many as 10 or 12 different national producers.
To sell their products, the foreign producers have adapted American, that would be ASYM, standards.