The decision is a hammer blow for the steel industry.

这一决定对于钢铁业是一个沉重的打击。

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The whole affair might blow over, much as did the furore surrounding George Bush’s selective steel tariffs (much worse ones than Mr Obama’s on tyres) back in 2002.

整个事件也可能会烟消云散，就像2002年，曾经轰动一时的，小布什钢铁关税案一样（比老奥的轮胎案严重的多）。

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He can steel himself against any blow now.

现在他磨练得能经受住任何打击了。

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Aside from their own high costs, the biggest blow to American steel makers in recent years has been the strong dollar, which makes all imports cheaper.

ECONOMIST: American steel

After all, Europe's steel makers are enduring a double blow: prices were already low thanks to sluggish European demand in recent years, but they have been dragged down further by cheap imported steel from Asia and Eastern Europe.

ECONOMIST: European steel

British steel workers, not surprisingly, feel aggrieved that Mr Mittal's American subsidiary wants the American government to impose steel import tariffs which would deal a blow to British exports.

ECONOMIST: Political donations