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China has agreed to ramp up trade for U.S. agricultural products such as beef and poultry, buying at an annualized rate of $17 billion per year for 2026 and at that level for 2027 and 2028, the White House announced Sunday, two days after President Donald Trump returned from a high-stakes summit in Beijing where he sought to ease the impact on American farmers from the trade war he launched last year.

Source: TribLIVE

U.S. drill bit manufacturers are shifting to steel-based products to cut costs as ‌tungsten prices surge due to trade restrictions and tighter supplies.

Source: Reuters

The United Steelworkers (USW) today announced that the union reached a tentative agreement with Arconic on a new three-year master agreement covering workers at four facilities.

Source: United Steelworkers

In 2025, as Pennsylvania’s most contentious judicial retention campaign ever burned across the state, Pittsburgh native David N. Wecht was one of three Supreme Court justices fighting to remain on the bench.

Source: TribLIVE

Just outside of Chicago, the country’s largest complex of steel mills faces an uncertain future. Air pollution, climate change and the preservation of union jobs are affecting the industry, as are the Trump administration’s stances on coal, steel, and tariffs. The Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier reports on efforts to get big steelmakers in the region to switch from coal to natural gas or hydrogen, but overhauling existing infrastructure isn’t easy or cheap.

Source: Living on Earth

A proposal by Allegheny County health officials to mandate 18 weeks of paid parental leave would increase time off for many working mothers and fathers in the county, but some business owners and their representatives argue it would come at too great a cost.

Source: TribLIVE

The clock is ticking on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. On July 1, 2026, the three parties are scheduled to sit down for the formal “joint review” required by the deal itself. Under the terms USMCA’s drafters wrote into the agreement, the entire arrangement automatically expires on July 1, 2036 unless every government affirmatively recommits to it.

Source: Coalition for a Prosperous America

BEIJING — As President Donald Trump wraps up his whirlwind visit to China on Friday, he’s insistent that relations between the world’s two biggest powers are good and getting better despite deep differences on Iran, Taiwan and more.

Source: TribLIVE

Nippon Steel’s profits plunged last year, but it expects its 2025 acquisition of U.S. Steel to help it swing to a significant profit soon.

Source: Wall Street Journal

Japan’s Nippon Steel expects subsidiary U.S. Steel to contribute to consolidated profit this fiscal year as production improvements lead to greater efficiency at the U.S.-based company.

Source: Nikkei Asia