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>>My interest is Mr. Free Trade George W. Bush's decision to cave in to the steel worker's union and slap tariffs on imported steel in order to get Pennsylvania's electoral vote in the next election.
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>I don't want to debate this, but what exactly is the problem? It affects more than Pennsylvania (although it may impact there more than any where else). The US steel makers having been trying to get this tariff for many years.

US steel consumers who may not be in marginal(voter) areas will have to pay more for their steel putting up their prices for domestic consumers and exports.
Also US steel will have less incentive to restructure and remove excess and out of date capacity

I do sypmathise with protecting jobs though.

Nick Mason