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Turkey initiates dispute complaint with WTO against US

<span style="color: #222222;">Turkey has initiated a dispute complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the United States for imposing additional tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Turkey. <br />''<br />''The WTO said Turkey on Monday requested dispute consultations on claims that the doubling of duties on steel and aluminium were inconsistent with international trade rules. <br />''<br />''US has doubled the tariffs in response to Turkey's rejection of a request to release an American pastor detained for the past two years for alleged involvement in an abortive military coup. Turkey has retaliated by imposing tariffs on American products.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump ruled out agreeing to any demands from Turkey to gain the release of a detained American pastor. <br />''<br />''Turkey has demanded that the United States hand over Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish cleric in the United States suspected in the coup plot against Erdogan, but the United States has refused the demand.</span><br />'' 

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