Sunday, 4 March 2018

Trump speaks with world leaders, no tariff exemptions: US commerce secy

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US President Donald Trump has spoken to world leaders about his planned tariff hikes on steel and aluminium and is not considering any exemptions to the measure, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Sunday.

"I know he's had conversations with a number of the world leaders," Ross said in an interview with ABC's "This Week."

"The decision obviously is his, but as of the moment, as far as I know, he's talking about a fairly broad brush.

I have not heard him describe particular exemptions just yet," Ross said.

On Thursday, Trump said the United States would apply duties of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum to protect domestic producers, drawing a fire storm of criticism from trading partners and triggering a slide in stock markets.

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