Following President Donald Trump's early - March announcement that he would tax overseas metals — citing national security concerns with China as a rationale — the government imposed a 25 percent tax on steel and a 10 percent
tax on aluminum imported from certain countries.
Not exact matches
Trump has since reaffirmed his plans to slap tariffs
on steel and
aluminum imports, warning the European Union (EU) it could soon face a «big
tax» for failing to treat the U.S. properly when it comes to trade.
Protectionism is a reference to U.S. plans to levy
taxes on aluminum and steel
imports, which could mean retaliation from places such as China and the European Union.
Trump is levying
taxes on imported steel and
aluminum at the same moment he needs to refill the depleted ranks of the White House senior staff.
That's what made Trump's apparent decision to impose a sweeping 10 percent
tax on imported aluminum and a steeper 25 percent
tax on imported steel so unusual.
After surprising markets in recent days with plans to impose tariffs
on steel and
aluminum imports, President Trump signed the authorization Thursday afternoon, applying
taxes broadly to all countries except Canada and Mexico.
BEIJING - China says it's rolling out new tariffs
on U.S. meat, fruit and other products as retaliation against
taxes approved by President Donald Trump
on imported steel and
aluminum.
And as of late last month, China requested that the U.S. provide compensation due to lost trade from the
taxes and threatened to impose its own tariffs
on $ 3 billion of U.S.
imports including agricultural, steel and
aluminum goods.
The S&P 500 tumbled 1.3 %
on Thursday, when President Trump announced his intention to
tax imports of steel at 25 % and
imports of
aluminum at 10 %.
Mr. Trump's planned tariffs would, in effect, levy a
tax of 25 percent
on imported steel and 10 percent
on imported aluminum.
When he appeared
on the Sunday talk shows this weekend, Navarro's message was clear: The Trump administration is very serious about the new border
taxes — 25 percent
on imported steel, 10 percent
on imported aluminum — and it could happen as early as this week.
President Donald Trump is threatening to put tariffs
on steel and
aluminum imported into the United States, and Friday the European Union released a list of products it says it will
tax in retaliation — including Orange Juice.