I believe that Bush was disallowed the tariffs on the steel, by a world body that threatened action against us if we kept it. IOW we have to comport to laws from without our country. That can only happen if we allow it, and we did and continue to do so. Any time we allow a body outside of the US to rule on an issue having to do with our policy, we lose sovereignty. We also lose the argument, for most countries and people, will go against us just because they hate everything about America.
The steel tariff was in effect for almost two years.