Trump tariffs: new duties on steel and aluminium anger US allies

President accused of ‘serious attack’ on global trade order despite exemptions

Donald Trump
 Donald Trump signs order imposing the new tariffs at the White House
(Image credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

Donald Trump has delivered on his promise to increase import tariffs on steel and aluminium, raising the spectre of a full-blown trade war.

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