Abbreviations

AERA      

American Railway Engineers Association

ASTM

American Society for Testing Materials

BOF

Basic Oxygen Furnace

BRIC

Brazil, Russia, India, and China

BWE

Bull Whip Effect

CCs

Continuous Casters

CCSC

Coordinated Committee Steel Companies

COLA

Cost-of-Living

CPA

Cooperative Partnership Agreements

CWS

Co-Operative Wage Study

DRI

Directly Reduce Iron

EAFs

Electric Arc Furnaces

ENA

Experimental Negotiating Agreement

ERISA

Employee Retirement Income Security Act

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GPN

Global Production Network

ICT

Information and Communications Technology

ISO

International Standards Organization

ITC

International Trade Commission

KIBS

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