You say you have business experience, do you know what a captive company is? Imagine a Country that is in fact a Captive entity, then try and imagine what it means to a country to not be dependent on an enemy for its survival. That is what Trump recognizes, you don't apparently. We idon'thave a steel industry that can stand alone and produce all our needs.
Well I think if we had to, we and our NATO allies could produce all the steel we need within a couple of years, and while we’re expanding production we could import the remaining steel from our Asian allies, Japan and South Korea. Within a few more years, the US could produce all the steel we use domestically. Most steel is just a commodity product produced with a process that we’ve been using for decades.
It’s more the high-strength specialty metals, used in military hardware, that we need to make sure we can produce in ample amounts here in America—titanium and aluminum for aircraft parts, and specialty high-strength steels. I don’t know what the regulations are for defense contractors, but they should be required to buy all those specialty metals from domestic producers.