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SMA’s Bell on Steel Trade Policy in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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“One of President Donald Trump’s most impactful moves during his first term was applying 25% tariffs on nearly all steel imports. As a result, the American steel industry saw a revival,” SMA President Philip K. Bell writes in today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “On March 12, he reinvigorated that action by closing the exemptions and loopholes that had weakened it over time. He was right to do so.”

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https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/guest-columns/2025/03/18/trump-steel-tariff/stories/202503170010