(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden wants to triple tariff rates on Chinese steel and aluminum if investigators confirm allegations of the country’s unfair trade practices.
“The backbone of America has a steel spine,” he said Wednesday during a visit to the United Steelworkers union headquarters in Pittsburgh. “It really does.”
Biden wants the U.S. Trade Representative to increase the 7.5% rate as federal regulators raise the alarm about China’s subsidized steel exports that flood the market with cheaper, lower-quality materials.
“They’re not competing, they’re cheating,” he said. “And we’ve seen the damage here in America.”
It’s the final stop on Biden’s three-day tour across Pennsylvania – his native state and a key battleground in the presidential election, where labor unions wield political influence.
“I’m proud to be the most pro-union president in American history,” Biden said. “Where I was raised, it ain’t labor, it’s unions.”
In March, the United Steelworkers praised the
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