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WALL STREET JOURNAL: New Tariff Add Heat to Steel, Aluminum Markets

March 2, 2018
Blanket tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the U.S. are likely to keep driving up domestic metal prices that have already been on a tear…

NEW YORK TIMES: Wall St., Rattled by Fears of Trade War Has Rocky Open Before Gaining Ground

March 2, 2018
After slipping early, stocks gained back ground on Friday, as banks and tech firms cut losses and pulled broader indexes higher…

CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER: President Trump says he will order 25 percent tariffs on steel imports

March 1, 2018
President Donald Trump said today he will impose an import tax, or tariffs, of 25 percent on foreign steel brought into the United States…

NEW YORK TIMES: Trump to Impose Stiff and Sweeping Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum

March 1, 2018
President Trump said on Thursday that he would impose stiff tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, making good on a key campaign promise and rattling stock markets as the prospect of a global trade fight appeared imminent…

THE HILL: Defying GOP, Trump to impose steep tariffs on steel, aluminum next week

March 1, 2018
President Trump said Thursday that he will impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from around the world next week, defying Republican lawmakers who have pushed back against the move…

FINANCIAL TIMES: Thousands of jobs at risk over tariffs, US manufacturers warn

March 1, 2018
Thousands of jobs could be lost in US manufacturing because of President Donald Trump’s plan to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, industry groups warned on Thursday…

AMERICAN METAL MARKET: Steel mixed on 232, prices seen rising

March 1, 2018
Steel industry participants had mixed reactions to President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will impose tariffs of 25% on steel product imports next week, with many anticipating higher prices as a result…

PLATTS: End-users warn steel tariffs will lead to US job loss, retaliation

March 1, 2018
While the US steel production industry was cheering a planned 25% tariff on steel imports announced by President Donald Trump Thursday, downstream manufacturers cautioned that such restrictive measures could lead to the US losing more jobs than it will save in steel…

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES: UPDATE: Trump says he will impose across-the-board steel tariffs of 25 percent

March 1, 2018
President Donald Trump told steel executives Thursday he plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on foreign-made steel across the board after a Section 232 investigation found elevated levels of imports threatened America's steel industry and national security…

GLOBAL TRADE: BREAKING NEWS: Trump says he will hit steel and aluminum with tariffs

March 1, 2018
After some back and forth over whether today would be the day, President Donald Trump said that we would impose global tariffs on steel and aluminum imports into the United States…

WASHINGTON POST: Trump announces steel and aluminum tariffs Thursday over objections from advisers and Republicans

March 1, 2018
President Trump on Thursday said he has decided to impose punishing tariffs on imported steel and aluminum in a major escalation of his trade offensive, disappointing Republican congressional leaders and inviting retaliation by U.S. trading partners…

TIME: President Trump Wants to Impose Tariffs. Here’s What Went Wrong the Last Time

March 1, 2018
President Trump told business executives gathered at the White House Thursday that he would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum next week. “You’ll have protection for a long time in a while,” he said. “You’ll have to regrow your industries, that’s all I’m asking.”…

WORLD TRADE ONLINE: Broad industry coalition warns against all Section 232 steel and aluminum remedy options

February 28, 2018
A wide-ranging group of industry associations is making a last-minute appeal to the president to avoid “overly broad” remedies on imports of steel and aluminum…

POLITICO MORNING TRADE: Republicans warn Trump on tariffs [Letter mention]

February 28, 2018
As President Donald Trump mulls whether to slap tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports and take other action aimed specifically at China, Republicans are stepping forward to warn those moves could backfire on the United States if the White House is not careful…

HERITAGE FOUNDATION: Tariffs on Steel Will Hurt Steel Using Industries in the U.S.

February 27, 2018
In January, the Department of Commerce delivered a report to the president on the effects of steel imports on U.S. national security….

R-STREET INSTITUTE: Steel protectionism may start a trade war if Trump isn’t careful

February 26, 2018
In the wake of a long-awaited Commerce Department report finding that imported steel jeopardizes national security, it now falls on President Trump whether to invoke the enormous powers granted him under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose the department’s recommended remedies of tariffs and quotas…

CHIEF EXECUTIVE: What Would A Steel Tariff Mean For Manufacturers

February 26, 2018

With President Donald Trump announcing that he will sign an order next week imposing a 25% tariff on steel imports and a 10% tariff on imported aluminum, U.S. manufacturers are contemplating how it could impact their materials sourcing and supply chains…

CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER: If Trump helps steel mills, other Ohio companies say they'll be hurt

February 23, 2018
Sen. Sherrod Brown this week invited President Donald Trump to come to Ohio. He sent a letter saying he wants the president to "see the devastation of unfair, cheap foreign steel imports on Ohio steel mills and steelworkers."…

NPR: Trump Trade Action Could Boost Steel and Aluminum Makers, Hurt Other Industries

February 23, 2018
As the Trump administration sees it, U.S. steel and aluminum industries are in crisis, rapidly losing ground to foreign competitors and hemorrhaging jobs along the way…