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Trump floats the idea of steel tariffs, quotas; blasts KORUS, China trade relationship

July 13, 2017 at 5:10 PM
President Trump is threatening to slap tariffs and quotas on imports of steel in a bid to curtail dumping and revive U.S. production, he said Thursday. The president also slammed the U.S. trade relationship with South Korea and China, saying the U.S. is renegotiating its free trade agreement with Seoul and willing to use trade as a bargaining chip with Beijing to force action on North Korea. Trump’s remarks to reporters onboard Air Force One, en route to Paris, come...


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