Trump Announces Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum From Brazil and Argentina

President Donald Trump leaves the Oval Office to make a statement announcing that a deal has been reached to reopen the government through Feb. 15 during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House on Jan. 25, 2019. Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images

Brazil and Argentina will face American tariffs on steel and aluminum, President Donald Trump announced early Dec. 2.

“Brazil and Argentina have been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies, which is not good for our farmers. Therefore, effective immediately, I will restore the Tariffs on all Steel & Aluminum that is shipped into the U.S. from those countries,” Trump wrote on Twitter.