{"id":22225,"date":"2018-03-08T21:55:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T21:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/08\/trump-announces-stiff-trade-tariffs-unswayed-by-warnings\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:36:00","slug":"trump-announces-stiff-trade-tariffs-unswayed-by-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2018\/03\/08\/trump-announces-stiff-trade-tariffs-unswayed-by-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces stiff trade tariffs, unswayed by warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Unswayed by Republican warnings of a trade war, President Donald Trump ordered steep new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. on Thursday, vowing to fight back against an \u201cassault on our country\u201d by foreign competitors. The president said he would exempt Canada and Mexico while negotiating for changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new tariffs will take effect in 15 days, with Canada and Mexico indefinitely exempted \u201cto see if we can make the deal,\u201d Trump said. NAFTA talks are expected to resume early next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe American aluminum and steel industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. It\u2019s really an assault on our country. It\u2019s been an assault,\u201d Trump said at the White House. He was joined by steel and aluminum workers holding white hard hats.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/03\/08\/tariffs-risk-national-security-gop-senators-warn-trump\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-915423296.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Tariffs risk national security, GOP senators warn Trump<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Seven Senate Republicans are telling President Trump his aluminum and steel tariffs will endanger national security.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American steel and aluminum workers have long been betrayed, but \u201cthat betrayal is now over,\u201d Trump said. The former real estate developer said politicians had for years lamented the decline in the industries, but nobody was willing to take action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he has indicated previously, Trump said he would levy tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum. But he said during a Cabinet meeting earlier in the day that the penalties would \u201chave a right to go up or down depending on the country and I\u2019ll have a right to drop out countries or add countries. I just want fairness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Business leaders, meanwhile, have continued to sound the alarm about the potential economic fallout from tariffs, with the president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce raising the specter of a global trade war. That scenario, Tom Donohue said, would endanger the economic momentum from the GOP tax cuts and Trump\u2019s rollback of regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe urge the administration to take this risk seriously,\u201d Donohue said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president suggested in the meeting with his Cabinet that Australia and \u201cother countries\u201d might also be spared, a shift that could soften the international blow amid threats of retaliation by trading partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to be very fair, we\u2019re going to be very flexible but we\u2019re going to protect the American worker as I said I would do in my campaign,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People briefed on the plans ahead of the announcement said all countries affected by the tariffs would be invited to negotiate with the administration to be exempted from the tariffs if they can address the threat their exports pose to U.S. manufacturers. The exemptions for Canada and Mexico could be ended if talks to renegotiate NAFTA stall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The process of announcing the penalties has been the subject of an intense debate and chaotic exchanges within the White House, pitting hard-liners against free trade advocates such as outgoing economic adviser Gary Cohn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fight over tariffs comes amid intense turmoil in the West Wing, which has seen waves of departures and negative news stories that have left Trump increasingly isolated in the Oval Office, according to two senior officials speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional Republicans and business groups are bracing for the impact of the tariffs and the departure of Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive who has opposed them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Speaker Paul Ryan, appearing at a session with Home Depot employees in Atlanta, said ahead of Trump\u2019s announcement, \u201cI\u2019m just not a fan of broad-based, across-the-board tariffs.\u201d He pointed to the store\u2019s many products that rely on steel and aluminum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 100 House Republicans wrote Trump on Wednesday, asking him to reconsider \u201cthe idea of broad tariffs to avoid unintended negative consequences\u201d to the U.S. economy and workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arizona Sen. 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