Ed Davey says UK should retaliate against US tariffs

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Sir Ed Davey said the UK should retaliate against metal tariffs imposed by the US. The tariffs came into effect at midnight in the US, imposing an extra charge of 25% on all steel and aluminium entering America. "We should have retaliatory tariffs - we have to show President Trump this is bad for the American and British economy and for the global economy," Mr Davey said.  Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00The UK should be very tough and robust, like the Canadians, like the Europeans, we should

00:05have retaliatory tariffs. We have to show President Trump this is bad for the American

00:09economy, bad for the British economy and bad for the global economy.

00:14Trump is not a reliable ally, all the evidence is very, very clear. That's why we have to

00:18be robust. We have to join others, whether it's our Commonwealth allies like Canada,

00:22our European allies, and send very strong signals.

00:26Our steel industry, our metal industry is really important to our country and it's so

00:32wrong that he should be doing this to one of America's closest allies.

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