In Michigan steel towns, tariffs remain popular but jobs are still disappearing

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ECORSE/RIVER ROUGE, Michigan (Reuters) - Some steelworkers who cheered U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on foreign steel last year are now being laid off, an unintended consequence of his America First policy as United States Steel Corp reacts to sagging demand from automakers reeling from higher steel prices. Steel prices rallied following the tariffs imposed in March, 2018, feeding optimism in U.S. steel towns. Trump's tariffs still enjoy support in the Rust Belt communities that helped

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