Steel, aluminum tariffs to be 50%, says Trump

Planned move draws flak from trading partners, with EU warning of retaliation

WEST MIFFLIN, Pennsylvania — US President Donald Trump's announcement that he would double steel and aluminum import tariffs to 50 percent from this week drew ire from the European Union on Saturday, in the latest salvo in his trade wars.

The EU warned it was "prepared "to retaliate against the latest tariffs, adding that the sudden move "undermines ongoing efforts to reach a negotiated solution "between the bloc and the United States.

"We're going to bring it from 25 percent to 50 percent, the tariffs on steel into the United States of America," Trump said at a rally in Pennsylvania on Friday.