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Turkey-US strongman standoff

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Turkey-US strongman standoff

The Turkish lira went into freefall last week after Donald Trump doubled US tariffs on imports of Turkish aluminium and steel.

And the Turkish currency was not the only thing that crashed as Turkey’s relationship with the US plunged to its lowest point in decades.

Presidents Trump and Erdogan are now engaged in a game of strongman politics that’s rocking global financial markets and threatening longstanding NATO alliances.  

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Trade, International Financial Crisis, Business, Economics and Finance, World Politics
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