president trump s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are reality. a 25% tariff on steel and 10% on foreign aluminum. canada and mexico are exempt for now. the move is the rattling u.s. allies and laying bare fault lines within the gop. the president framed the decision as keeping a campaign promise and he railed against the trade practices he blames for decline of american manufacturing. > the american steel aluminum industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. it s really an assault on our country. it s been an assault. the president is using an an obscure national security provisionings to could the tariffs. to exclue canada and mexico coundercut that rationale. other countries can apply for exemptions but the flexibility didn t satisfy paul ryan. arizona senator jeff flake is
sandra: fox news alert, new reaction to president trump imposing steel and aluminum tariffs, despite the warnings that it could lead to a trade war. an assault on our country by foreign competitors. watch. our industries have been targeted for years and years, decades, in fact, by unfair foreign trade practices, leading to shuttered plans and mills. the laying off of millions of workers, , and the decimation of entire communities. and that s going to stop. we want our workers to be protected. frankly, we want our companies to be protected. sandra: mike emanuel is live in washington with the latest on this. sandra, good afternoon.
i m here. so i want to thank you. i also want to thank secretary mnuchin, ambassador lighthauser, secretary ross, peter navarro, mike pence, our great vice president. they ve worked so hard on getting this going and getting it done. and people are starting to realize how important it is. we have to protect and build our steel and aluminum industries while at the same time showing great flexibility and cooperation toward those that are really friends of ours, both on a trade basis and a military basis. a strong steel and aluminum industry are vital to our national security. absolutely vital. steel is steel. you don t have steel, you don t have a country. our industries have been targeted for years and years. decades, in fact, by unfair foreign trade practices, leading
tremendous success between that and regul and regulation cuts. we ve cut more than any president in history. we re urging all companies to buy american. that s what we want. buy american. the action i m taking today follow ace nine-month investigation by the department of commerce, secretary ross, documenting a growing crisis in our steel and aluminum production that threatens the security of our nation. and also is bad for us economically and with jobs. the american steel aluminum industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. it s really an assault on our country. it s been an assault. they know better than anybody. other countries have added production capacity that far t
mnuchin, secretary ross, peter navaro, mike pence, our great vice president. they ve worked so hard on getting this going and getting it done and people are starting to realize how important it is. we have to protect and build our steel and aluminum industries while at the same time showing great flexibility and cooperation toward those that are really friends of ours both on a trade basis and a military basis. a strong steel and aluminum industry are vital to our national security. absolutely vital. steel is steel. you don t have steel, you don t have a country. our industries have been targeted for years and years, decades in fact by unfair foreign trade practices leading to the shuttered plants and mills, the laying off of