Trump to Raise Steel Tariffs Again, Touts U.S. Steel-Nippon 'Partnership'

June 3, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--U.S. President Donald Trump was at a United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) plant in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on Friday to celebrate what has been described at different times as a merger, acquisition, partnership and partial ownership of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel Corporation (Tokyo). At the rally, Trump had some news for the workers gathered there: Tariffs on imported steel are going up again, this time rising from 25% to 50%.