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Tariffs won't save American steel jobs. But we can still help steelworkers

  • Written by Morten Wendelbo, Lecturer, Bush School of Government and Public Service; Research Fellow, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs; and, Policy Sciences Lecturer, Texas A&M University Libraries, Texas A&M University

President Donald Trump has been promising to save American manufacturing, and the steel industry in particular, since the presidential campaign. His attempt to follow through on that promise was the March 8 tariff increase on foreign steel and aluminum, arguing that the tariffs were necessary to protect U.S. industries and workers.

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