Destiny of Manufacturing EP 714 

Paul Nathanson is a senior principal at Bracewell LLP and a partner in the firm's Policy Resolution Group.  Based out of Bracewell’s Washington office, Paul provides strategic communications support to corporate, non-profit and trade association clients on a broad range of issues, including (partial list) manufacturing, trade, energy, environment and consumer products. Paul has worked on manufacturing and trade issues for more than 25 years. He was retained by the Precision Metalforming Association(PMA) and other trade associations to lead the advocacy efforts in the successful campaign to terminate the Section 201 Steel Tariffs that were damaging to steel-using manufacturers in the U.S.  He has provided ongoing public relations services to PMA since 2003 and to the National Tooling and Machining Association since 2009. He also manages the Coalition of American Metal Manufacturers and Users, a group composed of steel-using manufacturing trade associations, formed to oppose the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs imposed in 2018.  Paul began his career as a program officer and then vice president at The Center for Democracy, an NGO, and then was a partner and Washington, DC office managing director for 15 years at The PBN Company, an international public affairs firm.  He holds an M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University and a B.A. in International Relations from Boston University.