, Columnist
Iron Law of History Blunts Trump Trade Folly
The U.S. may find a lesson in the rise of its own steel industry.
The skyscrapers of New York might have struggled to rise if forced to depend on imported British steel.
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Who invented modern steel?
It’s a 160-year-old controversy that’s still going strong — and the answer, in a way, lies at the heart of the current U.S.-Chinese trade tensions.