3 d. ago It’s always steel — tariffs provide Trump with a familiar trade weapon

The industry has suffered from overproduction and protectionism for decades

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3 d. ago PMQs: Keir Starmer trumpets UK as 'only country in world' spared Donald Trump's 50% steel tariff

Gareth Stace, the director general of UK Steel, said that Donald Trump’s decision is a ‘welcome pause’

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3 d. ago Starmer admits finalising his US trade deal could take WEEKS after Trump spares UK steel industry from latest 50% tariffs

Donald Trump is offering 'different treatment' to Britain after doubling tariffs on imports from other countries to 50 per cent.

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3 d. ago UK steel industry welcomes Donald Trump decision not to impose 50% tariffs but ‘uncertainty remains’

Donald Trump has decided to 'provide different treatment' to the UK with a trade deal still to be finalised

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3 d. ago Why Starmer has five weeks to prove his Trump trade deal is worth the paper it’s written on

The intense talks on Tuesday night may have been about stopping 50 per cent steel tariffs, but at the heart of it whether politicians can prove their credibility, says political editor David Maddox

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3 d. ago Relief as Trump spares UK steel industry from latest 50% tariffs

Donald Trump is offering 'different treatment' to Britain after doubling tariffs on imports from other countries to 50 per cent.

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3 d. ago Britain spared Trump's new 50% steel tariffs but industry remains gripped by uncertainty

Gareth Stace, the director general of UK Steel, said that Donald Trump’s decision is a ‘welcome pause’

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3 d. ago Trump’s 50% tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum come into effect

Trading partners around the world express anger including Mexico which buys more steel out of the US than it sends the other wayThe US has doubled tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum imports to 50%, pressing ahead in the face of criticism from key trading partners with a measure that Donald Trump says is intended to revive the American industry.After imposing and rapidly lifting tariffs on much of the world, only to reduce them, Trump last week refocused on the global steel and aluminum markets – and the dominance of China. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UK’s steel industry spared Trump’s new 50 per cent tariffs – but exemption deal still not in place

US president decides to ‘provide different treatment’ to UK after deal struck last month

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3 d. ago Trump promises to hike steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% starting Wednesday. Here's what we know

U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to hike nearly all of his tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to a punishing 50% on Wednesday, a move that would hammer businesses from automakers to home builders, and likely push up prices for consumers

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3 d. ago British industry exempted from Trump’s doubling of steel tariffs

But UK bosses are pressing Sir Keir Starmer for a rapid implementation of the trade deal agreed with the president

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3 d. ago Trump orders 50% steel and aluminium tariffs to begin on June 4

US president escalates trade war by doubling levies on all exporters except the UK

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3 d. ago UK appears to have been spared immediate hit of Trump’s 50% steel tariffs

The US President has decided to ‘provide different treatment’ to the UK after a deal that was struck between Washington and London last month.

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4 d. ago No 10 in the dark over whether UK steel will be hit with 50% Trump tariffs with hours to go

The business secretary is in Paris, where he will meet with his US counterpart in a last-ditch attempt to secure a carve-out from the tariff hike

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4 d. ago Fears British steel exports could be hammered with Trump's latest 50% tariffs TOMORROW as No10 admits there is STILL no timetable for Starmer's 'trade deal' to be finalised

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump announced the broad terms of an agreement almost a month ago that would exempt the UK from some of the US president's punitive levies on steel and cars.

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4 d. ago Fears British steel exports could be hammered with Trump's latest tariffs TOMORROW as No10 admits there is STILL no timetable for Starmer's 'trade deal' to be finalised

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump announced the broad terms of an agreement almost a month ago that would exempt the UK from some of the US president's punitive levies on steel and cars.

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6 d. ago Trump’s steel tariffs prompt anger and warnings of ‘catastrophic’ job cuts in Canada

50% levy would disrupt factories and supply chains in America’s biggest foreign supplier of the metal

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6 d. ago Spike in steel tariffs could imperil Trump promise of lower grocery prices

President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum could hit Americans in an unexpected place: grocery aisles

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6 d. ago Trump's doubling of steel tariffs to 50 per cent 'would be body blow to British industry'

The US President met with workers at a steel plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , on Friday night and said he would be doubling tariffs on imports from 25 per cent to 'further secure' the industry.

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7 d. ago Ministers unsure if Donald Trump's 50% steel tariffs will affect UK firms

The US President announced last night that tariffs on Steel and Aluminium would be raised from 25% to 50% to "secure the steel industry in the United States" - adding that "nobody is going to get around that."

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