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Steel Industry Begins to Idle Plants
Steel Industry Begins to Idle Plants
June 19, 2019 at 7:35 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 0 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/06/19/steel-industry-begins-to-idle-plants/
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“U.S. Steel announced it will temporarily halt production at two domestic plants despite the boost from the Trump administration’s tariffs, as a steel industry singled out for federal support shows signs of weakening,” the Washington Post reports.
“The closure runs in sharp contrast to the narrative President Trump has offered about the steel industry. Tuesday night in Orlando, as he formally announced he was running for reelection, Trump boasted about helping the steel industry through the use of tariffs on imports.”
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