Skip to content
Search
Human content, AI powered search.

Latest Stories

steel

Taoiseach Micheal Martin visits President Donald Trump at the White House on March 12, 2025.
What We're Watching

Trade war update: Canada and EU hit back at Trump

The tits and tats are getting bigger as the US’s various trade wars escalate.

Endorsed by steelworkers onstage, then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump puts on a hard hat during his Make America Great Again Rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 19, 2024.
What We're Watching

Trump tariffs steel and aluminum at 25%

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday imposing 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to the US. This raises the tariff rate on aluminum to 25% from the previous 10% that Trump imposed in 2018, and it reinstates a 25% tariff on “millions of tons” of steel and aluminum imports previously exempted or excluded.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to New Orleans to attend the Super Bowl, on Feb. 9, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Trump to unveil steel tariffs, Paris AI summit begins, Ecuador faces runoff election, Maoist rebels killed, Baltics energized by Europe, Eagles soar over Chiefs

​US President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.
What We're Watching

Report: Biden set to reject US Steel deal

The Washington Post reported Wednesday that President Joe Biden intends to block Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of US Steel, which had become a potential political sticking point in the November election.