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The Trump administration already imposed tariffs on certain auto parts and imported aluminum and steel, materials that tech companies use to build data centers that store and manage computer hardware and equipment.

But on the outskirts of Delta, there is a cluster of steel businesses that have been here since the 1990s and which may be better placed in a new era of American protectionism.

And the Trump administration has now expanded existing steel and aluminium tariffs to include beer and empty cans, which could hit both countries hard.

A separate 25% tariff has been put on UK car exports, as well as steel and aluminium products.

DPS Designs has already had to grapple with the ambiguous language used by the White House around tariffs, after Trump announced 25% trade tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to the US.