Then he reminds me of something. “Margins are so tight these days. It’s tough.” “So I’ve heard.” I tell him that I’ve been traveling with Johnson, seeing just how tough it is. And then it occurs to me to ask him a question that wasn’t yet a big question back when I worked in the business. “What would happen if you didn’t have a China to which you could send your metal?” He shrugs. “A lot of it would go into the landfill.
