The US launched five separate World Trade Organization dispute actions challenging retaliatory tariff imposed by China, EU, Canada, Mexico and Turkiye following US duties on steel and aluminum.

The United States has launched five separate complaints at the World Trade Organization against Canada, China, the European Union, Mexico, and Turkiye in response to retaliatory tariffs those countries and groups have launched against the United States.

U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement Monday that recent tariffs implemented by the U.S. on foreign steel and aluminum are "justified under international agreements," but retaliatory measures from other countries in response are not.

"Instead of working with us to address a common problem, some of our trading partners have elected to respond with retaliatory tariffs designed to punish American workers, farmers, and companies," Lighthizer said.

The United States earlier this year put a tariff of 10 percent on imported aluminum, and 25 percent on steel, in addition to other targeted measures on foreign-made goods. Other nations hit by those tariffs have launched counter-measures of their own, which so far target $24 billion US worth of American-made goods, but are soon set to increase exponentially. (ILKHA)