President Donald Trump’s orders to impose tariffs and close loopholes on metal imports not only delivered on a major campaign promise to American steel workers, they also set the stage for geopolitical dealmaking that could stretch as far and wide as Europe and the Gaza Strip.
Within hours of Trump affixing his signature on the tariffs orders that take effect globally next month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday floated the notion that American companies would play a major role in rebuilding his country post-war. It’s one of many potential big markets for U.S. steel and aluminum that could be negotiated by a Trump administration after years of Ukraine enjoying exemptions to prior U.S. tariffs.
Zelenskyy is set to meet later this week with Vice President JD Vance, and other Trump administration officials.
“Those who are helping us to save Ukraine will renovate it, with their businesses together with Ukrainian businesses. All these things we are ready to speak about in detail,” the Ukrainian leader said.
Similarly, Trump kept up pressure on Middle East leaders to come up with their own plan for displaced Palestinians by continuing to suggest the United States was willing to take over and rebuild the Gaza Strip into a luxury resort destination after decades of violence. […]
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