Trump, citing U.S. farmers, slaps metal tariffs on Brazil, Argentina
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WASHINGTON/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ambushed Brazil and Argentina on Monday, announcing he would restore tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminium imports from the two countries in apparent retaliation for currency weakness he said was hurting U.S. farmers."Effective immediately, I will restore the Tariffs on all Steel & Aluminium that is shipped into the U.S. from those countries," Trump wrote in an early morning tweet that sent officials from both countries scrambling..