EU to Prioritize Response to US Tariffs

During a meeting in Luxembourg, trade ministers from the 27 member states agreed to prioritize negotiations, as they also readied a retaliatory response.

A European Union flag flutters outside the EU Commission headquarters, in Brussels, on Feb. 1, 2023. Reuters/Yves Herman/File Photo

European Union ministers on April 7 broadly agreed that the bloc should prioritize negotiations to remove tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The 27-nation bloc is currently facing 25 percent import tariffs on steel, aluminum, and cars, with “reciprocal” tariffs of 20 percent due to kick in from April 9 for almost all other goods under Trump’s new policy of responding in kind to countries that he says impose high barriers to U.S. imports.