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Scientific English 6;Listening Practice;ECONOMICS REPORT - Steel Tariffs Dispute By Caty Weaver This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, the World Trade Organization ruled that United States taxes on imports of steel violate international trade law and should be removed. President Bush ordered the new taxes, some as high as thirty percent, in March, two-thousand-two. He did so to protect the American steel industry from foreign competition. The taxes were to last for three years and were designed to save American steel companies from failure. During that