US unafraid of trade war after G20 meet

Listen | Print By Antonio RODRIGUEZ (AFP) 2 hours ago in World
The United States is not seeking a trade war over tariffs but does not fear one, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday after a meeting of G20 finance ministers.
A trade war “is not our goal, but we are not afraid of it,” Mnuchin said at the end of the two-day meeting in Buenos Aires aimed at averting a crisis sparked by looming US tariffs on steel and aluminum.
“We have to be prepared to act in the US interest to defen…

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