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Why Trump's threat to slap tariffs on foreign steel is a bad idea

  • Written by William Hauk, Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
imageA worker at an auto parts plant in Orion Township, Michigan, lifts coiled steel into place. AP Photo/Paul Sancya

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump attracted a lot of support by promising to restore jobs to the American manufacturing sector.

One sector that has been hit hard by purportedly unfair foreign competition is the U.S....

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