Up to 32,000 UK jobs in the balance as US imposes steel tariffs

Posted on 1 Jun 2018 by Jonny Williamson

The Trump administration has announced that a 25% tariff on steel and a 10% tariff on aluminium imports from the EU are to come into force which could affect up to 32,000 people in the UK working in the steel industry.

The US has announced that aluminium and steel tariffs on imports from the EU are to come into force – image courtesy of Depositphotos. In response to the 25% tariffs on steel imports the European Union issued a 10-page list of tariffs on US goods ranging from Harley-Davidson motorcycles to food…

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