US President Donald Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50%: Doug Herbert’s analysis • FRANCE 24

US President Donald Trump told workers at a US Steel plant in Pennsylvania Friday that he would be doubling the US’s steel and aluminium tariffs to 50 percent starting June 4. The US is the world’s largest steel importer after the European Union. Doug Herbert, our International Affairs Commentator, breaks down the situation.
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41 comments

  3. Think of the number of cars, ships, skyscrapers, and other steel-framed buildings we've mined and built! The idea that we still have a plentiful amount still in the ground only flaunts ignorance! What is left is much less dense and requires far more resources to mine and refine. This will help nobody but our competitors on the world stage.

  4. Don TACO 🌮 running another market manipulation scam He and his friends seems to always make a killin' in the market 😅

  5. He doesn’t care if he destroys the US. He can live anywhere. Florida, Saudi Arabia…he honestly doesn’t care. It’s all a game to him. Until individuals are prosecuted for breaking the law, he will destroy the world.

    These moronic maga workers ignore the fact that Chinese workers are abused and under paid with little to no protections. The promise of letting go of low skill manufacturing was that we would invest in education and higher order thinking jobs. Republicans destroyed that idea.

  12. while the usa could produce enough to make up for imports of steel what is it going to do with aluminum? the prices are going to rise 48% instead of 50 for domestic steel and aluminum because why miss out on profit..

  15. what dopey question he never has any idea what he is doing and it changes the day after anyway plus after the evidence of the last 90 days does anyone expect him to obey the law any law

  18. President taco 🌮strikes again 😂 who knows how long the tariffs will last this time 🧐and who will be getting inside information before they are repealed again 🌮😉

  20. I wish all the world leaders would just draw a line and say “ok they don’t exist anymore, it’s going to be uncomfortable for a while as we figure it out, but they’re gone as of now”

  23. Most of Trump's previous agreements and statements have folded from his first term 😊😊talks cheap ….completion is key

  25. Australia mines Iron Ore, Sells to China. China refines it, sells to Russia. Russia on-sells it to USA, no tariffs on Russia!
    – the world evades tariffs and sells in USA from a foreign source, without tariffs. ?

  28. Amazing that even Europe treats Trump as if he is normal while his actions demonstrate he is a narcissistic clown…who lies, has no plans, policies or strategies to benefit the US. It is all his personal deals and constant chaos

  38. The US administration cannot be trusted. Trump renegotiated the free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico and did not honour his signature. He just had an agreement with the UK and he already goes back on it… Follow Canada’s lead and Boycott all American products and travel. 🇨🇦

  39. EU, still preparing? When are you going to get your balls back and stand up against bully. No Action Talk Only is what you are known for.

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