PITTSBURGH ( KDKA ) -- Steelworkers are excited for the future after President Trump talked about the partnership between U.S. Steel and Japan-based Nippon Steel.

Leaders, members of the community and steelworkers packed into U.S. Steel's Irvin Works in West Mifflin on Friday to hear from Mr. Trump, who announced last week that U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel will enter into a "planned partnership." U.S. Steel's headquarters will remain in Pittsburgh as part of the deal, Mr. Trump said.

During his speech on Friday, the president announced that he would be doubling tariffs on steel to 50 percent.

"We are going to be imposing a 25% increase. We're going to bring it from 25% to 50% the tariffs on steel into the United States of America, which will even further secure the steel industry in t

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