As the Trump administration sees it, U.S. steel and aluminum industries are in crisis, rapidly losing ground to foreign competitors and hemorrhaging jobs along the way.
But proposed import tariffs and quotas have other manufacturers worried that they'll become less competitive in the global marketplace.
How the administration responds to the problem is something Mark Vaughn is watching very closely.
The president of a small manufacturing company in Nashville, Tenn., Vaughn makes parts for auto and appliance companies, such as Carrier, Whirlpool and Johnson Controls.