25% tariff increase on most imported steel is helping the u.s. steel industry. prices and production are up. imports are down. yet, there s still uncertainty in other industries as negotiations between washington and beijing continue to stop and start. leland: winners like the steel plant in granite city, illinois. and others say they re feeling the effects of this firsthand. and bobby, nice to see you again. a couple of weeks you came on and you said things were getting tough. anything change, number one? number two, are you guys at the point where you re going to start laying folks off? leland, thank you for having me on and i appreciate everything you guys do. yeah, the last round of tariffs that hit in september were disastrous to our business, but not just our business, millions
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what happened when the caravan finally reached the southern border? uptake 300% and violence perpetrated against the border agents. if anything the president has compromised and moderated his position. if you look at he s offering out a hundred million dollars for humanitarian situation. he is saying that we want a steel fence. the steel fence has been voted on positively by democrats in the past. it s an environmentally friendly, water can trickle through it. it helps the u.s. steel industry as well. people can see through it so they have visibility on the other side. a lot of these things that the president is doing is trying to bring nancy pelosi to the negotiating table. if anything, nancy looks like the one stuck in the mud. dana: i think the democrats seem vulnerable on that point, they did vote for secure fencing in the past and does it matter if it is steel or concrete? juan: know, the whole thing is a manufactured political dana: from both sides? my question was they v
pushed for. politicians that represent the areas, bernie sanders, this has been his philosophy. chuck schumer, this is his philosophy. new to conservatism, these across-the-board ideas of tariffs of our allies. i guess my question is this: while it may at least temporarily protect those workers, aren t there more workers down economic stream who are using steel and when you drive up the price of steel, more and more of those industries go out of business or cut back on r&d, or cut back on wages and benefits or they cut back unemployment, period. sure, that s the reality they guess for every protected job in the u.s. steel industry, for workers who are making steel, 25 or 30 workers whose jobs are at risk now because their companies use steel as an input, and so it drives up the price of an input and makes them less competitive. a lot of u.s. companies are not only selling here, they re selling globally, driving up