In America’s Rust Belt, the effects of Trump’s trade war are already being felt

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The hulking Republic Steel mill that dominates the landscape of Lorain, Ohio, was supposed to be ground zero for the industrial renaissance President Donald Trump promised during his first term. Once the heart of a thriving manufacturing city, the mill employed 12,000 people at its peak in the 1970s, but years of decline left it idled by 2016. Yet after Mr. Trump imposed tariffs on foreign steel in early 2018, including shipments from Canada, Republic said it would fire up its electric arc furnace to meet surging demand for American metal. Mr. Trump was quick to take credit. “Thanks to...