Last 12 months dozens of nations proposed or launched new tariffs on metal imports. Most aimed the measures at China, which they accused of flooding worldwide markets with low-cost metallic. On February ninth Donald Trump took a special strategy: he picked up a scattergun as a substitute of a sniper’s rifle. Because the president flew to the Tremendous Bowl in New Orleans, he instructed reporters on Air Drive One which he would announce new tariffs of 25% on all aluminum and metal imports into America. On February tenth the levies duly arrived.
