President Trump announced Friday his administration would be doubling tariffs on steel imports from 25 percent to 50 percent during a visit to Pennsylvania focused on boosting the U.S. steel industry.

“We’re going to bring it from 25 to 50 percent on steel into the United States of America, which will even further secure the steel industry in the United States,” Trump said during remarks at a steel factory in Pittsburgh.

The president’s announcement came as part of an event to tout what Trump called a “blockbuster” agreement between U.S. Steel and Japanese-owned Nippon Steel.

“We’re here today to celebrate a blockbuster agreement that will ensure this storied American company stays an American company,” Trump said in remarks from a factory in Allegheny County. “We’re going to have a gre

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