I dunno...perhaps I would purchase domestically produced steel. and avoid the tariff.
But the tariff was imposed so that domestic steel producers wouldn’t have to lower their prices, and in a good number of cases the domestic steel producers will raise their prices higher than where those prices would be in the absence of the tariff. Still believe in a free lunch?
Not to mention, you won’t be the only one calling a domestic producer when the tariff rate goes up. Others will, as well. What usually happens to prices when demand increases?