President tells Pennsylvania rally tariffs will benefit workers and celebrates Japanese investment in US Steel
Donald Trump announced he was doubling foreign tariffs on steel imports to 50%, as he celebrated a “blockbuster” agreement for Japan-based Nippon Steel’s to invest in US Steel during a rally in Pennsylvania.
Surrounded by men in orange hardhats, Trump unveiled the tariff rate increase as he spoke at a US Steel plant in West Mifflin, declaring that the dramatic hike would “even further secure the steel industry in the United States”.
