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EU seeks to protect Europe aluminium sector amid Trump tariffs

United States President Donald J. Trump jokes about putting a tariff on European cars as he speaks on a U.S. beef trade deal with the European Union, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, August 2, 2019. [FILE]

The EU will announce Wednesday a probe to protect Europe's troubled aluminium sector from a flood of cheap imports because of higher US levies, according to a document seen by AFP.

Brussels is worried about a possible knock-on effect on its already struggling metals industry from US President Donald Trump's 25-percent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, which took effect this month.

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