In a development that could have long-term implications for the international leather trade, the USA said yesterday that it is to impose tariffs of up to 30% on most imports of steel.

Taken to protect US steel jobs, the action will effectively block steel from the European Union, Japan, South Korea, Russia and China from the world's largest market and far exceeds the voluntary quotas agreed with Europe and Japan in the mid-1980s.

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