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Trump says US will raise steel tariffs to 50 percent at Pennsylvania rally

US President Donald Trump speaks at the US Steel Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on May 30 [David Dermer/AP Photo]

United States President Donald Trump has announced his administration is raising tariffs on steel imports from 25 percent to 50 percent.

Speaking to steelworkers and supporters at a rally outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Trump framed his latest tariff increase as a boon to the domestic manufacturing industry.

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