Japan told the World Trade Organisation today it was ready to take retaliatory measures against US tariffs on its steel and aluminium, reversing its earlier conciliatory stance toward its close ally.
Japan informed the WTO it had the right to impose tariffs on US goods worth 50 billion yen (USD 451 million) -- equivalent to the impact of the US tariffs newly imposed on Japanese metal products, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
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