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

The government still doesn’t know if the British steel and aluminium industry will be hit with 50 per cent tariffs tomorrow, just hours before Donald Trump ramps up his global trade war.

The US president sent shockwaves through the global economy when he announced on Friday that he would raise the tariffs from 25 per cent to “further secure” the industry in his country.