The US tariffs on imported steel and aluminum officially doubled from 25% to 50% on June 4th, affecting all countries exporting these metals to the US, except the UK. Michelle Leung, Head of Asia Metals & Mining at Bloomberg Intelligence, explains the impact of this on industries and consumers from the US, all the way to Asia and Malaysia.

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Produced by: Jake Lim

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam

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Categories:  economy,  international,  government,  politics,  controversies,  investments

Tags:  us,  tariffs,  trump,  steel and aluminium,  metals,