Troubled steel giant Corus is warning it could have to axe thousands more jobs.
New trade restrictions being drawn up by the US could limit exports of British steel.
The move threatens the future of four of Corus's UK steel plants.
The Anglo-Dutch firm has warned that 13,000 workers at Rotherham, Stocksbridge, Teesside and Scunthorpe could be hit.
Corus has already axed 6,000 workers this year in the UK due to an excess of capacity
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