Trump says his steel tariffs will save the US industry – WSJ

16th August 2018

By: Reuters

  

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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his tariffs on foreign steel are saving the US industry and he predicted that in the future American steelmakers will mostly face domestic competition, the Wall Street Journal reported.

In a 20-minute interview with the newspaper, Trump said some people may complain that steel prices may be "a little more expensive" in the short term because of the tariffs, but that ultimately they will drop.

He told the Journal the 25% tariffs on steel will rescue an industry important to US national security.

As a result of the tariffs, competition will be "internal, like it used to be in the old days when we actually had steel, and US Steel was our greatest company," he told the newspaper.

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