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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump on Tuesday (Jan 22) vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10 per cent punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is ...

The president said the planned duties were a response to China’s failure to curb fentanyl exports. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington President Trump said on Tuesday that he intended to ...