Port Talbot, Wales, is facing further job losses after US President Donald Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. The town's steel industry is already reeling from the closure of the last blast furnace last year, which resulted in 2,000 job losses.
Port Talbot is already reeling from hundreds of job losses when the Welsh town's steel works' last blast furnace closedNeath Town Council, fears the US President’s proposal could cost more jobs just months after around 2,000 workers were axed when the final blast furnace at theplant was no longer making its own virgin steel from scratch, with a new greener electric arc furnace which melts scrap metal to be built at the site in aUntil then, slabs will now be imported from India and the...
Welsh Liberal Democrat Westminster spokesperson David Chadwick warned of the potential impact of tariffs on an already fragile industry. Steven Partridge, 60, who worked in Port Talbot’s steel works for 40 years until 2021, said the effects of last year’s job cuts were now being felt across the town. If Trump’s proposed tariffs were to impact production it would certainly cause further harm to the local economy, he believes.
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