Letter: Trump's tariffs will do a lot of damage

I’ve been buying steel for a few years. It’s been a relatively stable market. Today I returned from the steel store with a whole new reality. What I bought one week ago was $22 per unit. Today that unit costs $45. That’s a 100 percent increase in seven days! They blamed it on the tariffs. I agree. Steel tariffs are allowing American steel producing companies to raise their prices tremendously.Every industry uses steel tools, machinery and consumables. Nearly everything has stee