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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11975

7 March 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 27
EXTERNAL ACTION / Usa
Faced with imminent taxes on steel, EU examines project to retaliate against €2.8 billion of US products
Brussels, 06/03/2018 (Agence Europe)

Ahead of a debate at the European Commission on the EU's response, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans announced on Tuesday 6 March that the EU is ready to protect its industry "with strength, speed and within the rules of the WTO" in the face of the customs duties that US President Donald Trump is due to enact on 8 March on imports of steel and aluminium to the USA.  The EU's response could include retaliation measures that would hit €2.8 billion of US goods.

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Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
PESCO: Ministers formally adopt first 17 permanent structured cooperation projects
DEFENCE: High Representative hopes to implement Peace Facility to be able to finance military equipment
CSDP: Mogherini is optimistic about new member state contributions in personnel for missions
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: Faced with imminent taxes on steel, EU examines project to retaliate against €2.8 billion of US products
TRADE: EU prolongs its anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel pipes and tubes of stainless steel for another five years
ASEAN: Slow progress but work continues towards resumption of EU-ASEAN free trade talks
SYRIA: Devastating humanitarian situation in Eastern Ghouta could be result of war crimes, says Commission
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Commission to remove France from list of countries with excessive macro-economic deficits
TAXATION: Three countries to come off European black list of tax havens
SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: Less than three months from deadline, only three member states have transposed PNR Directive
DIGITAL: Two Council meetings in March on confidentiality of electronic communications
CLIMATE: Six EU countries launch common initiative for floor price for carbon in electricity sector
ENERGY: New Russia/Ukraine gas dispute has no impact at this stage on flows of Russian gas to EU
ENVIRONMENT: European ministers set out recipe for 'European Semester' budgetary 'greening' exercise
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Sweden wants significant cuts to budgets for agriculture and cohesion post-2020
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission's plans for Northern Ireland are 'unacceptable' to DUP
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Get-go for European Parliament/Council negotiations on access to products and services
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INTERNAL MARKET: Court argues arbitral system included in Dutch-Slovak investment treaty is incompatible with EU law
INTERNAL MARKET: Limiting rights of usufruct over agricultural land to close relatives of owners infringes principle of free movement of capital
NEWS BRIEFS
FINANCE: Equivalence is best solution for British financial services post-Brexit, says Bruno Le Maire
DIGITAL: New Parliament proposal on value gap in copyright discussions
KOREAN PENINSULA: Kang Kyung-wha invited to Foreign Affairs Council on 19 March
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU and Tunisia step up cooperation
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Discussions continue on telecommunications in Western Balkans
TRANSPORT: 14 organisations urge Parliament to adopt strong position for 3rd 'mobility' package
TRANSPORT: European shippers eager to cooperate with rail stakeholders to improve railway freight infrastructure
TURKEY: Mogherini hopes for swift and positive outcome on detention of two Greek soldiers