Steel tariffs

President Biden speaks during a campaign event in Scranton, Penn, on April 16 during the first of three days in the battleground state.

Biden tells Pittsburgh steelworkers he wants to hike tariffs on Chinese steel

8:29pm April 17, 2024

by Asma Khalid

The White House says China uses subsidies and government programs to undercut U.S. steel. President Biden wants to hike tariffs on the imports and take other new steps to curb imports.

Steel ingots emerge from an oven at the Saarsthal rail plant in Hayange, France, on Sept. 13, 2021. The United States and European Union have reached a deal on steel and aluminum tariffs.

U.S. reaches deal with European Union over steel and aluminum tariffs

3:45pm October 30, 2021

Announced at the G-20 Summit in Rome, the deal is meant to protect American producers but tamp down on the cost increases that the original tariffs have led to.

The U.S. is lifting tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel imports, nearly a year after imposing the duties. Here, a worker is seen at Bri-Steel Manufacturing, which makes seamless steel pipes, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

U.S. Will Lift Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum From Canada And Mexico

5:39pm May 17, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The Trump administration has reached a deal to lift tariffs on metal imports from Canada and Mexico, in a move that could make it easier to ratify the USMCA trade pact.

Ashtabula, Ohio, was a thriving factory town in the 1950s, with a busy port where freighters brought iron ore to be used in the steel mills of Pennsylvania.

For One Ohio Town, Trump's Trade Policies Bring Uncertainty And Hope

4:08pm January 29, 2019

by Jim Zarroli

In Ashtabula, hometown of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, people are hoping the president's agenda brings renewed vigor to manufacturing.

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Philip Bennett repairs machines at Mid Continent Nail in Poplar Bluff, Mo. A self-proclaimed Democrat who voted for Donald Trump in 2016, Bennett's support for the president has waned since Trump instituted steel tariffs earlier this year.

VIDEO: As Elections Loom, Workers In Trump Country Reckon With Tariffs Fallout

10:53am October 30, 2018

President Trump's steel tariffs may force America's largest nail manufacturer out of business. Despite an uncertain future, many factory workers there say they still support the president.

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Deb Eisenhawer assembles a switch for a washing machine at a Whirlpool plant in Clyde, Ohio. The company's CEO says steel costs have reached "unexplainable levels."

From Mills To Manufacturers, Steel Tariffs Produce Winners And Losers

7:23pm August 10, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

President Trump boasts that his trade policies are bringing back the steel industry, but corporate earnings reports suggest they're also hurting the bottom line at some manufacturing companies.

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President Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appear in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 16, 2017. On Friday, Trump announced he would double aluminum and steel tariffs on the NATO ally.

Trump Doubles Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum From Turkey

10:32am August 10, 2018

by Scott Horsley

President Trump called for a doubling in the tariff on imported steel and aluminum from Turkey, escalating a diplomatic spat with a key NATO ally.

The steel used to build lobster traps like these, stacked up outside a fish market on Martha's Vineyard, is getting pricier, thanks to new tariffs.

Got Lobster? Trump's Steel Tariffs Threaten Trap Industry

5:05am June 21, 2018

by Craig LeMoult

The factory that makes wire mesh used in the majority of North American lobster traps says steel tariffs will spike the cost of their product, and lobstermen will bear the brunt of the higher prices.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (seen here with President Trump in October) on Thursday called the argument that U.S. steel import tariffs were necessary for national security reasons an "affront" to Canada.

EU, Canada And Mexico Threaten Tariffs To Retaliate Against U.S.

8:19pm May 31, 2018

by Yuki Noguchi

The Trump administration's latest move to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the U.S.'s biggest strategic and trade partners has touched off a barrage of criticism and retaliation.

Coils of steel wire sit stacked in the shipping area of the Grupo Acerero SA steel processing facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on March 6.

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Trump Administration Imposes Steel, Aluminum Tariffs On EU, Canada And Mexico

2:47pm May 31, 2018

by Brian Naylor

The tariffs have been threatened for months — and will likely lead to retaliatory measures. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the tariffs are based on national security concerns.