File photo: The Biden administration also promised to pursue antidumping investigations against countries and importers that try to saturate existing markets with Chinese steel.PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden is calling for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum to protect American producers from a flood of cheap imports, and will pitch his election-year plan during a visit Wednesday with steelworkers in Pennsylvania, where union support could prove crucial in the White House race.
Japan’s Nippon Steel has proposed acquiring the company, and Biden last month came out against the move, saying “it is vital for it to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated.” To coincide with the announcement, Biden’s campaign released a 60-second ad that will air on Pennsylvania television for the next five days. It features a steelworker, who is also a small-town mayor, praising the president’s economic policies.
Inflation has already been a drag on Biden’s political fortunes, and his turn toward protectionism echoes the playbook of his predecessor and opponent in this fall’s election, Republican Donald Trump.
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