Tariffs may mean more US steel jobs. Will there be workers to fill them?

Thomas Reisinger commutes almost an hour-and-a-half each way for a job in a cavernous steel processing plant here.

"I don't speed," he said dryly.

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Some of his coworkers come from much farther, including one who spends workweeks living in a camper and returns home only at weekends. This corner of eastern Arkansas is dotted with RV parks that cater to such workers.

America will need many more like them to achieve President Donald Trump's vision for a hugely expanded U.S. factory sector. The steel industry — hit with 25% tariffs as one of the first salvos of Trump’s trade war — is a prime example of his quest to use taxes on imports to rebuild manufacturing in the American heartland.