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UK temporarily spared from Trump's 50 percent steel tariffs

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Publish Date
Wed, 4 Jun 2025, 8:09pm
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UK temporarily spared from Trump's 50 percent steel tariffs

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 4 Jun 2025, 8:09pm

The UK has managed to escape Donald Trump's recent executive order doubling steel and aluminium tariffs from 25 percent to 50 percent. 

The order raises import taxes for US-based firms buying metals from other countries going forward. 

UK correspondent Gavin Grey says the UK evaded these tariffs as a result of the trade deal between both nations.

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