South Korea's steel industry caught between China and Trump

Posco, Hyundai Steel try to break free with move up value chain

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Posco and other South Korean steelmakers are investing overseas amid soft demand at home. (Posco)

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SEOUL -- South Korea, long a pillar of the global steel industry, is facing a triple threat in the form of weak domestic demand, a flood of cheap Chinese imports and painful U.S. tariffs.

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