The United States has plunged into a trade war, The Mirror reports, with President Donald Trump imposing hefty 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminium.

These new charges, which aim to tip the balance of international commerce towards the US, represent the latest in a series of financial impositions by Trump, who insists they will rectify what he deems "bad deals". Believing America has been dealt an unfair hand in global trade, Trump's tactics include renegotiating or withdrawing from agreements, drawing rebuke from the affected allied countries.

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