European Union Responds to American Tariffs

European Union countries unanimously supported a plan to impose US trade duties on goods worth 2.8 billion euros in response to US trade tariffs against Europe on imports of steel and aluminum

News ID: 70775

Date: 16 June 2018 - 16:10

TEHRAN (Defapress)-The proposed measures need approval from the European Commission, whose next periodic meeting will be held on June 20, and the plan is expected to be ready by late June or early July, Al-Masirah reported.

The European Commission has proposed a 25 percent tariff on US goods such as orange juice, whiskey and motorcycles in response to what it sees as an illegal US measure affecting in EU exports worth 4.6 billion euros

The European Commission has also filed a legal challenge against US tariffs at the World Trade Organization.

In addition, it is assessing the need for measures to prevent a jump in steel and aluminum imports to Europe, with exporters outside the EU converting products originally destined to the United States.

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