Donald Trump doubles US steel and aluminium tariffs to 50%

Getty Images Workers use a crane to load a 60,000 pound coil of steel from Holland onto a railroad car for shipment to Ford Motor Company in Ohio from a warehouse at the South Jersey Port Corporation, March 6, 2002 in Camden, NJ along the Delaware River.Getty Images

US President Donald Trump has signed an order doubling tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from 25% to 50%.

The move hikes import taxes on the metals – key inputs in everything from cars to canned food – for the second time since…

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