The force, which covers Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys, reported a 27% increase in the year to December 2024.
"This decision adds further uncertainty to the global economy and increases costs for consumers and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic."The tariff increase also undermines ongoing efforts to reach a negotiated solution.
"In good faith, the EU paused its countermeasures on 14 April to create space for continued negotiations," the statement said, warning the bloc "is prepared to impose countermeasures".On Friday, Trump announced the tariff rate on steel and aluminium imports would double to 50%, starting on Wednesday.He said the move would help boost the local steel industry and national supply, while reducing reliance on China.
Trump also said that $14bn (£10bn) would be invested in the area's steel production through a partnership between US Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel, though he later told reporters he had yet to see or approve the final deal.The announcement was the latest turn in Trump's rollercoaster approach to tariffs since re-entering office in January.
"There will be no layoffs and no outsourcing whatsoever, and every US steelworker will soon receive a well deserved $5,000 bonus," Trump told the crowd, filled with steelworkers, to raucous applause.
US steel manufacturing has been declining in recent years, and China, India and Japan have pulled ahead as the world's top producers. Roughly a quarter of all steel used in the US is imported."I don't just I love him because my parents love him," he said.
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For Scott Handcock, Doctor Who was his childhood "safe haven" as he struggled with his sexuality and felt like he didn't "fit in".The sci-fi series changed his life, he said, from binging early episodes on VHS tape in the 1990s to ending up working behind the scenes many years later.