Steel

Labor unions said the move to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports will help U.S. workers. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Unions praise Trump on steel tariffs

Sean Higgins · March 2, 2018 7:15 pm

Taking away factories leaves a deeper, more lasting wound on people and communities than some free-traders acknowledge. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)

Beltway Confidential

Free-traders oversimplify their case against tariffs, to no-one’s benefit

Timothy P. Carney · March 2, 2018 5:09 pm

President Trump announced tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports on Thursday, and justified them as a way to protect U.S. national security. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Goldman Sachs: Steel tariffs a likely prelude to NAFTA exit

Sean Higgins · March 2, 2018 4:53 pm

The tweet follows President Trump's Thursday announcement that he will impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports as early as next week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: ‘Trade wars are good’ since US is losing billions from trade with other countries

Katelyn Caralle · March 2, 2018 12:47 pm

The Steel Follies Redux

The Editors · March 2, 2018 9:00 am

Headquartered in Chicago, MillerCoors produces popular domestic beers such as Miller, Coors, Blue Moon, and many others. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

MillerCoors disappointed in Trump’s aluminum tariff: ‘American workers and American consumers will suffer’

Katie Leach · March 1, 2018 11:13 pm

Trump Tariff Announcement Catches GOP Lawmakers Off Guard

Haley Byrd · March 1, 2018 10:13 pm

Industry groups say that a plan to slap a 25 percent tariff on steel imports could harm President Trump's energy dominance agenda by driving up the cost for oil and natural pipelines, refinery infrastructure, and liquefied natural gas export terminals. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Trump’s steel tariff push could harm energy dominance agenda, industry groups say

John Siciliano · March 1, 2018 9:49 pm

President Trump's new tariffs on steel and aluminum risk a trade war with close allies like Canada, the European Union, and Japan, but will most certainly annoy China. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s tariffs are a very bad idea, but at least they will annoy China

Tom Rogan · March 1, 2018 9:43 pm

"We will not sit idly while our industry is hit with unfair measures that put thousands of European jobs at risk," said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in reaction to President Trump's incoming tariffs. "The EU will react firmly and commensurately to defend our interests." (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Europe readies trade retaliation against Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs

Pete Kasperowicz · March 1, 2018 9:41 pm

President Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum products as GOP senators met for lunch, leaving many in the dark on the planned executive order. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Shocked GOP senators pan Trump’s tariff announcement

Al Weaver · March 1, 2018 9:07 pm

In this photo from Friday, traders Frank O'Connell, James Riley, and Michael Smyth, left to right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The three major stock market indexes tumbled Thursday, with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding as much as 586 points, after Trump outlined a plan for the U.S. to charge levies of 25 percent on overseas steel and 10 percent on overseas aluminum. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

U.S. stock markets discover a Trump trade they don’t like

James Langford · March 1, 2018 9:00 pm