Steel manufacturers released a new ad Tuesday calling for President Trump to stay true to his promise to restrict steel imports.
“We heard the promises…. Now it’s time for action,” the ad narrator states. “President Trump, America’s workers are counting on you to protect our jobs and to defend our national security. It’s time to keep the promise and protect American steel.
The ad by the Alliance for American Manufacturing shows clips of President Trump promising renewed prosperity for American manufacturing, particularly for steel. “Wait until you see what I’m going to do for steel,” Trump said in one clip.
“I am not going to let America and its great companies and workers be taken advantage of any longer,” Trump said in another.
President Trump campaigned on adding protections for American manufacturing, and last week, Bloomberg reported Trump was seeking a 24 percent tariff on all steel imports.
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a report last month declaring steel and aluminum imports from other nations, particularly from China, as a national security threat, pointing out China alone is able to produce as much steel as the rest of the world combined.
The United States is currently the world’s largest steel importer with 26.9 million metric tons imported in 2017, according to the Commerce Department.
