According to Mining News Pro - "The relationship between Washington and Ankara is not good at the moment," said the president, doubling the tariff on imports of steel and aluminum from Turkey.

US President Donald Tramp today announced Friday that customs tariffs have doubled imports of aluminum and steel from Turkey.

Tramp wrote in a Twitter message saying the doubled import tariffs for steel and aluminum from Turkey, "while the value of the Turkish currency, Lira, falls rapidly against our very strong dollar."

He said that tariffs for imports of aluminum to 20 percent and steel increased by 50 percent, stressed: "At the current moment, our relations with Turkey are not at all good."