CEOs of leading American steel companies sent a letter to President Trump on Friday, urging him not to provide any exceptions or exclusions to the planned steel tariffs set to go into effect on March 12.

The letter, obtained by NewsNation, has been signed by the CEOs of companies such as US Steel Corp., Cleveland-Cliffs and Nucor.

The letter said that the steel tariffs enacted by Trump in his first term were welcome but that "subsequent negotiations opened the door to renewed increased import volumes, diluting the program’s effectiveness."

"The result was a weakened U.S. steel industry exposed again to the global steel oversupply crisis," the letter adds.

The CEOs........

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