Biden vows to shield U.S. steel industry by blocking Japanese merger and seeking new Chinese tariffs

PITTSBURGH – President Joe Biden promised cheering unionized steelworkers on Wednesday that his administration would block the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company, and he called for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel, seeking to use trade policy to win over working-class votes in Pennsylvania, an election-year battleground. Biden said during a … Continue reading Biden vows to shield U.S. steel industry by blocking Japanese merger and seeking new Chinese tariffs