Trump ends his nice-guy routine on trade

Published May 31, 2018 6:37pm ET



President Trump is done playing nice with the European Union and other U.S. trading partners.

Almost two months to the day since Trump granted several key allies temporary exemptions from aluminum and steel tariffs, dodging a trade war that could have hurt the very people who put him in the White House, his administration announced Thursday that trade penalties of 25 and 10 percent would take effect at midnight against Canada, Mexico, and the EU.

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