President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will be doubling tariffs on imported steel, from 25 percent to 50 percent.
Trump’s announcement came at U.S. Steel’s Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, where he held a rally celebrating the “planned partnership” between U.S. Steel and Japanese company Nippon Steel to keep U.S. Steel in America.
“Today, I have a major announcement, and are you ready to hear this?” Trump asked the crowd, drawing cheers.
🚨 BREAKING: @POTUS announces that next week, tariffs on steel imports will double to 50% — "which will even further secure the steel industry in the United States." pic.twitter.com/AwOSQ380pn
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“We are going to be imposing a 25 percent increase–we’re going to bring it from 25 percent to 50 percent the tariffs on steel into the United States of America, which will even further secure the steel industry in the United States,” Trump said. “Nobody’s going to get around that.”