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Trump’s steel, aluminium tariffs: How are targeted countries responding?

Steel and aluminium are critical to US industries, and disruptions could have serious economic consequences, experts say [File: Carlos Osorio/Reuters]

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the imports of steel and aluminium by the United States are sending shockwaves through global markets and escalating tensions with key trading partners, including Canada, Mexico and the European Union.

Some countries are fighting back with retaliatory tariffs, others are seeking exemptions, and a few are trying to negotiate their way out of the 25 percent tariffs.

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