Steel

President Donald Trump in the White House East Room.

Trump promises US friends ‘flexibility’ as trade war warnings rise

Economics

President Donald Trump promised on Thursday to show great flexibility and cooperation toward the United States’ “real friends” as he prepared to impose import tariffs that have provoked warnings of a trade war from Europe and China.

A worker monitors molten iron pouring into a furnace at steel manufacturing plant in Hefei, Anhui province, China.

Trump defiant after criticism of steel and aluminum tariffs

Economics

American Icons: John Henry

The World

New movies: ‘The Ides of March’ and ‘Real Steel’

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Steel City Builds Green

The World

Ukraine feels the pinch

Global Politics

Ukraine’s economy depends heavily on exports…especially steel. But now with many of the world’s economies shrinking by the day, there are fewer places able to take what Ukraine has to offer. The BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse reports.