the steel tariffs went into effect on july 2018.
when do the steel tariffs go into effect?
july 2018
the united states suspended all non-immigrant visas from turkey "indefinitely", due to a us consulate employee's arrest, named in turkish state media as locally hired metin topuz. turkey retaliated against the us with suspensions of all us visas, including tourist visas, shortly after the us state department made their announcement. on august 1, 2018, the u.s. department of treasury imposed sanctions on top turkish government officials who were involved in the detention of american pastor andrew brunson. daniel glaser, the former treasury official under president obama, said: "it’s certainly the first time i can think of" the u.s. sanctioning a nato ally. on august 10, 2018, u.s. president trump imposed punitive tariffs against turkey after an impasse over brunson's imprisonment, as well as other issues. the move prompted turkish president recep tayyip erdoğan said that the united states was "changing a strategic nato partner with a pastor" and that the u.s. behavior would force turkey to look for new friends and allies. the presidential spokesperson of turkish president, i̇brahim kalın, tweeted that the u.s. is losing turkey as a whole, the entire turkish public is against u.s. policies. in addition, the uşak province decided to stop running digital advertisement on united states based social media platforms like facebook, google, instagram, twitter and youtube canceling all of the budget as a response to the u.s. sanctions on turkey. furthermore, turkey said that it would retaliate to the raising of steel and aluminium tariffs by the u.s. administration (the u.s. had already imposed 10 percent and 25 percent additional tariffs on aluminum and steel imports respectively from all countries on march 23, 2018, but in august 13, 2018 added additional tariffs on steel imports from turkey). in addition, the turkish president said that turkey will boycott electronic products from the us giving iphones as an example. the keçiören municipality in the ankara has decided not to issue business licenses to american brands including mcdonald’s, starbucks and burger king. in addition, turkey decided to increase tariffs on imports of a range of us products. furthermore, in august 20, 2018 there were gunshots at the usa embassy in the ankara without casualties. turkish authorities detained two men suspects.
turkey–united states relations
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in 2002, the us imposed steel tariffs to protect its steel industry. the eu and other countries took up the issue with the wto, which ruled that such tariffs breach its regulations. by december 2003, the tariffs had been lifted by the us administration.





























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diplomatic relations are maintained between the us and the eu, as an independent body, as well as all eu member states.
united states–european union relations