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Turkey increases tariffs on some US imports, escalating feud

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Last Updated : Aug 15 2018 | 1:05 PM IST

Turkey announced today it is increasing tariffs on imports of certain US products, escalating a feud with the United States that has helped trigger a currency crisis.

In a decision announced in the Official Gazette, Ankara said it was imposing extra tariffs on imports of products including rice, vehicles, alcohol, coal and cosmetics.

Turkey's Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Twitter that the tariffs on certain products were increased "within the framework of the principle of reciprocity in retaliation for the conscious economic attacks by the United States."

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First Published: Aug 15 2018 | 1:05 PM IST

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