As of May 1, 56 U.S.-flagged vessels were in service on the Great Lakes, an improvement of four over the same period in 2002 but less than the active fleet count for 1999 and 2000.
.A preliminary World Trade Organization finding that the U.S. Section 201 tariffs on unfairly traded steel imports violate international rules came under fire from U.S. steel industry and labor and leading lawmakers
