Trump's tariffs are adding steel mill jobs, and crushing American factories

Trump's tariffs are adding steel mill jobs, and crushing American factories

Word that the steel mill in Granite City, Illinois, was restarting a blast furnace resonated as a sign of America's industrial revival. The Trump administration had placed stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum. This was supposed to choke imports and force production back to U.S. factories. U.S. Steel, the owner of the mill, would hire some 400 additional union workers. Yet 500 miles to the north, in St. Paul, Minnesota, those same tariffs spelled …