President Trump said at a rally in Pennsylvania on Friday that he is going to double tariffs on steel imports from 25% to 50%. The hike, the president said, "will even further secure the steel industry in the United States.

President Trump’s top economic advisers stressed on Sunday that they would not be deterred by a recent court decision declaring many of the administration’s tariffs to be illegal, pointing to other authorities the White House could invoke to pressure China and other nations into trade negotiations.