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George W. Bush tried steel tariffs. It didn't work

  • Written by William Hauk, Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina

President Donald Trump finally followed through on his almost year-old threat to restrict imports of foreign steel.

On March 8, the president slapped a 25 percent tariff on the metal, while also putting a 10 percent duty on foreign aluminum. After initially suggesting there’d be no exceptions, Trump promised to be “very flexible”...

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