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Erm, like unilaterally increasing the price of Steel by 25% in a single afternoon.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/03/07/trum...

Mr. Trump has the power to do this. And he did, just a few weeks ago. Mr. Trump is realizing the extent of his powers and is beginning to use the office of the Presidency with efficacy.

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Efficacy?? Lol I guess time will tell.

The tariffs did not increase the price of steel by 25%, they added a 25% tariff to imported steel. The US imports under 1/3rd of the steel we use (36M mt vs 81M mt), so the majority of our steel will have no tariffs on it.

[1] http://abcnews.go.com/Business/key-facts-us-steel-aluminum-i...

Except that domestic producers now have carte blanche to raise the price of their products to just below the tariffed price.

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