Bloomberg: The European Commission proposes to impose duties 25% in response to “aluminum” Trump tariffs

The European Commission proposed to impose 25 percent duties on a number of US goods in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to introduce aluminum and steel import tariffs last month.

Source: “European Truth” with reference to Bloomberg

Details: The proposal of the European Commission to the EU Member States, which Bloomberg has read, contains a list of dozens of commodity categories of US, which is planned to be imposed.

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The EU countries intend to approve the plan by the end of the week, after which it will come into force on April 15. At the same time, most duties will not be charged until mid -May.

Recall that in March it came into force Trump Decree on the introduction of 25 percent tariffs for import of steel and aluminum.

He preceded the larger announcement of the US President on tariffs against virtually all countries of the world designed to correct the “injustice” of world trade.

Earlier on Monday, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Liaien stated that it suggested that the United States set “zero tariffs” for industrial goods, trying to prevent trade war.

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