Pushback on Trump tariffs gathers steam

By Susan Cornwell and Veronica Gomez
Updated March 7 2018 - 11:17am, first published 6:56am
Proposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports proved to much for Donald Trump adviser Gary Cohn.
Proposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports proved to much for Donald Trump adviser Gary Cohn.

Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn has resigned after the US president said he would push ahead with punitive tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which some critics have dubbed the first shot in a global trade war.

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