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Fresh air to actually have a politician that actually acts on it we have heard for too long some people that have talked about trade and actually haven't done anything for it. it's been up to us. the steel workers to actually have to fight these trade cases. it's a huge amount of resources and money and time. normally by the time we get a good ruling on a trade case. we have lost too many jobs at that point. it's refreshing to hear. brian: what are the numbers in terms of steel jobs lost? >> i don't have the number on me right now. with our company u.s. steel, since 2015, i think we had somewh...

That we finally have a president in the white house who actually is following through on something he campaigned on, here's part of that conversation with brian just about an hour ago. >> it has been a breath of fresh air to have a politician that actually acts on it we have heard for too long some people that have talked about trade and actually haven't done anything for it it's been up to us as steel workers to actually have to fight these trade cases. it's a huge amount of resources and time. normally by the time we get a good ruling on a trade case we have lost too many jobs at that point....

We're not going to rebuild america with cheap steel. i hope you'll do some more on this program. ed -- we've got good buy american steel legislation on the house of representatives but we have to get after the trade agreements. it's at the heart of the problem -- allowing this unfair trade. >> ed, let me make a point quickly. the united states consumes a little over 100 million tons of steel per year. the united states is capable of producing about 100 million tons of steel per year. there's 500 million tons of excess steel capacity in the world. the overwhelming majority from china, china pro...