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WH confirms Pres Trump will sign the proclamations authorizing steel and aluminum tariffs in Roosevelt Room ceremony at 330pm.

WH invites steel and aluminum workers - some with hardhats - to tariff signing event.

Pres says steel and aluminum is “vital to our national security - absolutely vital." "You don't have steel, you don’t have a country."

Pres announces he's "defending our nation" by placing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Steel made in US not affected, so he urges "buy American."

Per-Mark Knoller-CBS

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Watching the President now .. inviting steel workers to take the podium.

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Pres says America will be open to modify tariffs or removing them from specific countries whose products no longer threaten our security.

Pres also says that if US negotiates a new NAFTA deal with Canada and Mexico, there'll be no steel or aluminum tariffs on them.