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US doubles steel, aluminum tariffs as OECD ministers gather
US doubles steel, aluminum tariffs as OECD ministers gather
Economy
by  AFP

The United States doubled steel and aluminum tariffs Wednesday, casting a pall on a gathering of OECD ministers as President Donald Trump's intensifying trade war weighs on the world economy. Despite the doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs Wednesday, imports from the UK will remain at 25 percent for now, while both sides work out duties and quotas in line with the terms of their trade pact.