Donald Trump Takes Aim At Turkey, Double Metal Tariffs

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President Donald Trump is considering doubling steel and aluminum tariffs on Turkey and warned that US relations with the country “are not good at this time.”

The moves stem from Trump’s frustration over a detained American pastor held by Turkey on what US officials say are bogus charges, two sources with knowledge of the President’s mind-set told CNN.

“I have just authorized a doubling of Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum with respect to Turkey as their currency, the Turkish Lira, slides rapidly downward against our very strong Dollar! Aluminum will now be 20% and Steel 50%. Our relations with Turkey are not good at this time!” the President tweeted on Friday.

In a statement, deputy White House press secretary Lindsay Walters said, “Section 232 tariffs are imposed on imports from particular countries whose exports threaten to impair national security as defined in Section 232, independent of negotiations on trade or any other matter.”

Walters did not offer any explanation as to how US national security is threatened by steel and aluminum imports from Turkey, which hosts a major US military base.




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