Russian President Vladimir Putin has characterized new U.S. steel tariffs against its long-term allies as unjustified sanctions.
U.S. President Donald Trump enraged Canada and other American allies last week by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and threatening to do the same with imported cars and trucks.
Speaking Thursday about the move, Putin described the tariffs as "sanctions," saying that countries which have imposed restrictions on Russia for the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula are now going to see what they feel like on their own skin.
"Did they annex Crimea?" Putin asked during his annual phone-in show, referring to Canada and Mexico.
