US Steel Cites Trump in Resuming Construction Project

US Steel Cites Trump in Resuming Construction Project
President Donald Trump tours US Steel's Granite City Works steel mill in Granite City, Ill., on July 26, 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—United States Steel Corporation will restart construction on an idled manufacturing facility in Alabama, and it gave some of the credit to President Donald Trump’s trade policies in an announcement on Feb. 11.

Trump’s “strong trade actions” are partly responsible for the resumption of work on an advanced plant near Birmingham, the Pittsburgh-based company said in a statement. The administration’s tariffs have raised prices on imported steel and aluminum.