Duties of 25 percent on steel and aluminum will flow through to car buyers, beer drinkers, home builders, oil drillers and other users of metal goods.

Near the top of an official "fact sheet" distributed by the White House on Tuesday morning, the Trump administration makes clear its rationale for imposing new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The White House claims that "foreign nations have been flooding the United States market with cheap steel and aluminum" and promises that taxes on

The White House is set to implement a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports, which could impact prices on a host of consumer products.