Hollow structural tubing from China has been the big issue in the steel industry.  You hire engineers to design a building that is strong enough to withstand weight and impacts.  The engineers use standard steel load projections to determine the size of the structural steel in the building.  The Chinese make it and sell it cheap, you put it in the building, and it is substandard.  It doesn't carry the load.

Now different steel products are implicated.  This from an industry trade publication - Steel Business Briefing (subscription only).

Steel for scaffolding and electrical wiring conduit have been added to the list of substandard Chinese steel allegations being made in the US. Roger Schagrin, a US mill trade lawyer, discussed the fresh allegations at American Metal Market's China Summit in Washington yesterday.

He says Chinese conduit pipe was tested and found to rust 20 times faster than it is supposed to, posing electrical fire risks.

Schagrin is trying to involve US government agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, to investigate the allegations. Schagrin also serves as the executive director for the US Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports, a US mill group that has filed unfair trade cases against China and other exporters.

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