Donald Trump orders 50 % of steel and aluminum tariffs to start on June 4

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The 50 percent American definitions will get steel and aluminum on June 4 /

New Definitions Double fees based on the 25 percent sector presented by the president earlier this year. The duties of the United Kingdom of Steel and Aluminum will remain 25 percent-which are London’s transfer points after signing a commercial deal with Washington last month.

Trump He said on Tuesday that customs duties were necessary to prevent dumping by foreign producers “would threaten to weaken national security.”

“The growing definitions will face more effective than foreign countries that continue to empty low surplus, surplus and aluminum in the American market, thus undermining the competitiveness of steel and aluminum industries in the United States,” Trump wrote in order.

Additional tasks intensify the president’s attempt to reshape international trade so that many of his commercial agenda are still in a state of legal forgetfulness. Last week, a court ruled that it lacks the aforementioned authority when it imposed the most severe “liberation day” tariff on April 2.

The ruling – which has been temporarily stopped by the Court of Appeal – has not affected the specified fees for the sector, such as events in steel and aluminum, which Trump presented using a different authority.

Extreme steel and aluminum duties, which enter into force from 12:01 am on Wednesday, will not apply to the United Kingdom, which last month became the first country to strike a commercial agreement with the administration.

But Trump indicated that he could hit London after a higher rate if Trade Minister Howard Lootnick decided that the UK did not comply with the relevant aspects “to the agreement after its date on July 9.

The President announced his plan to double the definitions During a march In the Pennsylvania Steel Mill last week, it promised to establish a “fence” around the local mineral industry that would actually close foreign producers.

“This means that no one is able to steal your industry,” said a cheerful crowd of steel workers on Friday. “By 25 percent, they can overcome this fence. At 50 percent, they can no longer exceed the fence.”

This policy has raised a rapid condemnation of Canada, the largest steel and aluminum supplier to the United States, where the industry has warned in recent days of “collective turmoil” and “catastrophic” job losses.