Trump steel tariffs are corrosive Anti-globalist President Trump's bone spurs didn't defer him from igniting a trade war, by imposing new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from U.S. friends and foes. But he exempted Canada and Mexico, despite being anti-NAFTA. The tariffs fulfill not only Trump's campaign promise, but his long-held conviction. Long before he was ever a candidate for president, Trump was a protectionist, anti-globalist, anti-free-trade, with the exception of doing business deals with Russians, of course. Mar 11, 2018 http://www.cleveland.com/darcy/index.ssf/2018/03/trump_steel_tariff_corrosive_d.html