{"id":2223438,"date":"2024-04-17T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-promises-pittsburgh-workers-tariffs-on-china-will-protect-union-jobs\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T16:15:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:15:05","slug":"biden-promises-pittsburgh-workers-tariffs-on-china-will-protect-union-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-promises-pittsburgh-workers-tariffs-on-china-will-protect-union-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden assures Pittsburgh workers that tariffs on China will safeguard union jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-promises-pittsburgh-workers-tariffs-on-china-will-protect-union-jobs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2223438&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh \u2062and reassured steel \u2062union \u2062members,\u2063 pledging\u2063 increased tariffs to\u200c protect domestic manufacturing. He emphasized investing in American workers and called for tripling tariffs\u200c on \u200dChinese steel and aluminum. Biden\u200c criticized\u2063 Chinese anti-competitive practices and highlighted the contrast with former President Trump&#8217;s trade policies. Local \u200bleaders praised Biden&#8217;s pro-labor stance, positioning him as a strong advocate \u2062for\u2062 union jobs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/strong> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2024 election\">Joe Biden<\/a> assured steel union members in Pennsylvania on Wednesday of his unwavering support, announcing increased tariffs and protections for domestic manufacturing in the lead-up to the swing state\u2019s primary for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2024 election\">2024 election<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe backbone of America has a steel spine,\u201d Biden said. \u201cWe\u2019re investing in American workers again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden stopped in Pittsburgh to speak to an invitation-only crowd at the United Steelworkers headquarters downtown,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/2969043\/biden-calls-for-tripling-chinese-steel-tariffs-courting-pennsylvania-union-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" calling\"> calling<\/a> on U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to triple existing tariffs on steel and aluminum from China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese government has poured state money into Chinese steel companies, pushing them to make so much steel as possible, subsidized by the Chinese government,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThey\u2019re not competing. They\u2019re cheap. They\u2019re cheap, and we\u2019ve seen the damage here in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden also said his administration would begin investigating Chinese anti-competitive practices in the shipbuilding industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaken together, these are strategic and targeted actions to protect American workers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/third-gop-gov-moves-to-protect-girls-sports-athletes-to-be-separated-by-biological-sex-not-gender-identity\/\" title=\"Third GOP Gov Moves To Protect Girls Sports: Athletes To Be Separated By Biological Sex, Not Gender Identity\">ensure fair competition<\/a>,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers at the event highlighted the contrast between former President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brexit-britain-signs-trade-deal-with-australia-righting-historic-wrong\/\" title=\"Brexit Britain Signs Trade Deal with Australia, Righting 'Historic Wrong'\">international trade policy<\/a>, raising tariffs as competition intensified between the U.S. and China.<\/p>\n<p>Biden said that Trump and MAGA Republicans in Congress want to increase tariffs on \u201call imports from all countries that could badly hurt American consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has proposed potentially raising tariffs across the board by as much as 10%, which is estimated to shrink the economy by 1.1% and threaten more than 825,000 U.S. jobs if trade partners were to retaliate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump simply doesn\u2019t get it,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<h2>Domestic union jobs<\/h2>\n<p>Democratic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-border-threat-so-taboo-that-few-dare-speak-of-it\/\" title=\"A Border Threat So Taboo That Few Dare Speak Of It\">union leaders<\/a> from Western Pennsylvania who introduced the president stressed his union connections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-still-weighing-china-tariff-options-as-requests-to-keep-them-pile-up\/\" title=\"Biden Still Weighing China Tariff Options as Requests to Keep Them Pile Up\">pro-labor president<\/a> of all time in the most pro-labor city in America,\u201d Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said. \u201cWe are a union town and never forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the first president in modern history to stand on a picket line,\u201d Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato said, referencing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2439249\/biden-joins-uaw-picket-line-in-michigan-stick-with-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"participation\">participation<\/a> in the autoworkers strike last September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden is delivering for American workers,\u201d USW International President David McCall said at the event. \u201cPrevious administrations have promised to deliver on infrastructure, but President Biden made it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not labor,\u201d Biden said. \u201cIt\u2019s unions.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>US steel industry shifting in the background<\/h2>\n<p>Biden\u2019s stop at the USW comes amid the backdrop of the future acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japanese firm Nippon Steel.<\/p>\n<p>The president briefly referenced the merger, saying he stands by the union against the merger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re still an iconic American company, for more than a century, and it should remain in America,\u201d Biden said. \u201cUnion steelworkers are the best in the world, and that\u2019s going to happen. I promise you can still work as long as they have fair competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The USW union, which represents over 850,000 workers in the steel industry, has strongly opposed the measure because the foreign acquisition is likely to not only undermine union priorities but also threaten national security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllowing one of our nation\u2019s largest steel manufacturers to be purchased by a foreign-owned corporation leaves us vulnerable when it comes to meeting both our defense and critical infrastructure needs,\u201d McCall <a href=\"https:\/\/m.usw.org\/news\/media-center\/releases\/2024\/usw-welcomes-bidens-call-for-u-s-steel-to-remain-domestically-owned-and-operated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> in a press release after the merger was announced in March.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the shareholders for U.S. Steel overwhelmingly granted their support for the acquisition, with 71% of shareholding voters supporting the move.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis transaction truly represents the best path forward for all of U.S. Steel\u2019s stakeholders \u2013 union and non-union employees, customers, communities and stockholders \u2013 and for the United States and our home in Pennsylvania,\u201d company President and CEO David B. Burritt said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.ussteel.com\/news-events\/news-releases\/detail\/673\/u-s-steel-stockholders-approve-transaction-with-nippon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"statement\">statement<\/a> following the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Burritt added in his statement that the merger will enable the company to keep \u201call of the obligations under the agreements in place with our unions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Pittsburgh, President Biden pledged support to steel union members, vowing to boost tariffs and safeguard domestic manufacturing ahead of Pennsylvania&#8217;s 2024 primary. 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