March 13, 2018-Pohang, South Korea-A General view of POSCO Steel Plant at Pohang steel industrial complex in Pohang, South Korea. China's steel mills, a target of President Donald Trump's ire, are the industry's 800-pound gorilla: They supply half of the world's output, so their every move has a global impact. The steel industry swelled over the past decade to support a history-making Chinese construction boom. Once that tailed off, the country was left with a glut of half-idle, money-losing mills.

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