 President Donald Trump's announcement last week of a 25 percent tariff on U.S. imports of steel and 10 percent on aluminium caused a global outcry. The following sets out how Washington might try to justify the tariffs at the World Trade Organization, which is supposed to police agreed free trade rules, and how the WTO might address the issue. The tariffs announced by Trump, which have not been officially notified to the World Trade Organization, put a tax on steel and aluminium coming into the United States from all over the world.
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