US President Donald Trump signed executive orders to impose 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from March 12, ramping up a long-promised trade war despite warnings from Europe and China.
The European Union swiftly vowed to retaliate with “firm and proportionate countermeasures”.
In an executive order released Monday, Trump said: “As of March 12, 2025, all imports of aluminium articles and derivative aluminium articles from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Mexico, EU countries, and the UK shall be subject to the additional ad valorem tariff.”
He issued a separate order for steel, which said it would apply to all imports from the same countries the aluminium tariffs hit, as well as to Brazil, Japan and South Korea.
“I’m simplifying our tariffs on steel and aluminium,” Trump said earlier in the Oval Office. “It’s 25 per cent without exceptions or exemptions.”
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