Explainer: How has the world reacted to Trump's aluminum and steel tariffs?

NAMPA / Xinhua

2025-02-11

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed proclamations to raise tariffs on aluminum from 10 percent to 25 percent and ended duty-free quotas, exemptions and exclusions for steel and aluminum tariffs. "This is a big deal. This is the beginning of making America rich again," Trump said when signing the proclamations in the Oval Office. "It's time for our great industries to come back to America." The decisi......

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