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Trump says his steel tariffs will save the US industry

Ersin Çelik
09:3716/08/2018, Thursday
U: 16/08/2018, Thursday
REUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in an onstage interview
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in an onstage interview

He told that the 25 percent tariffs on steel will rescue an industry important to US national security

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his tariffs on foreign steel are saving the U.S. industry and he predicted that in the future American steelmakers will mostly face domestic competition.

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 that the 25 percent tariffs on steel will rescue an industry important to U.S. 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 U.S. Steel was our greatest company," he told the newspaper.

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