"We're going to bring it from 25 percent to 50 percent, the tariffs on steel into the United States of America, which will even further secure the steel industry," he said.
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he would double steel import tariffs to 50 percent, speaking in Pennsylvania at a US Steel plant where he also touted a partnership between the American steelmaker and Japan's Nippon Steel.
"We're going to bring it from 25 percent to 50 percent, the tariffs on steel into the United States of America, which will even further secure the steel industry," he said.
"Nobody's going to get around that," he added in the speech before blue-collar workers in the battleground state that helped deliver his election victory last year.
The doubling of levies will take place next week, said the White House in a social media post.
Since returning to the presidency in January, Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on allies and adversaries alike in moves that have rocked the world trade order and roiled financial markets.
He has also targeted sector-specific goods including steel, aluminum and automobiles with 25 percent tariffs.
On Friday, Trump mounted a defense of his trade policy, arguing that tariffs helped protect the US company.
He added that the plant would not exist if he did not also impose duties on metals imports during his first administration.
In his speech, Trump stressed as well that despite a recently announced partnership between US Steel and Nippon Steel, "US Steel will continue to be controlled by the USA."
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