President Trump on March 1 announced tariffs on steel and aluminum. (The Washington Post)President Trump on March 1 announced tariffs on steel and aluminum. (The Washington Post)In his expanding war over global trade, President Trump has aimed his harshest rhetoric at an unlikely target — the closest U.S. allies. In Twitter posts while at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday, Trump vowed to strike back at European leaders who said they would retaliate for his promised tariffs on aluminum and steel. Canada is the largest exporter of steel and aluminum to the United States, supplying $7.2 billion of aluminum and $4.3 billion of steel to the United States last year.

Source: Washington Post March 04, 2018 01:33 UTC