Trump doubles steel and aluminium tariffs and threatens China and its ‘shoddy’ exports in latest trade war escalation

DONALD Trump has announced he will double the tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to 50 per cent in his latest trade war escalation. It comes after the president’s blistering global tariffs were reinstated by a federal appeals court – just a day after they were sensationally blocked after being ruled illegal. 2 The US President held up a chart of the tariffs he was implementing Credit: AFP 2 Tariffs are levies paid on bringing a good or service into a country Credit: Getty While addressing workers at a US Steel plant in Pennsylvania, Trump said: “We’re going to bring…