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How recycling more steel and aluminum could slash imports without a trade war

  • Written by Daniel Cooper, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
How recycling more steel and aluminum could slash imports without a trade warA jumble of steel scrapDaniel Cooper, CC BY-SA

Many economists expect President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to increase what American companies and consumers pay for those metals and the goods made from them. Dozens of companies have already said they will have to fire workers or even go out of business. And, as the r...

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