President Trump told May he hasn't made final Decision on Toriffs.

 

President Trump told British Prime Minister Theresa May this week that he has not made a final decision on whether to put tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, according to The New York Times.

Trump reportedly made the comments during a phone call with May on Sunday.

A Downing Street spokesman on Sunday said the prime minister told the president that "multilateral action was the only way to resolve the problem of global overcapacity in all parties' interests."

A source told The Times that Trump said he disagreed with May.

Trump caught the international community off guard last week when he said he would slap a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum.

Critics have said the action, which has put the U.S. at odds with some of its major allies, could lead to a trade war.


The issue is of concern to the U.K. due to the country's steel industry.

"This would be a unilateral, and extremely blunt, approach to what is a complex global problem of overcapacity in the steel sector," Richard Warren, head of policy at U.K. Steel, said in a statement.

The European Union also responded, saying they would consider placing tariffs on U.S. goods such as Levis denim, Harley-Davidson, and bourbon.


"In light of recent announcements on trade policy measures, it is clear that we now see a much higher and real risk of triggering an escalation of trade barriers across the globe. We cannot ignore this risk and I urge all parties to consider and reflect on this situation very carefully," Azev do said.