Following the unilateral raising on 23 March of US customs duties on imports of steel and aluminium, from which the EU is provisionally exempt until 1 May, the European Commission reiterated on Monday 26 March that it is ready to discuss points of trade friction with US President Donald Trump's administration, but it repeated that it expects permanent exemption from US taxes on steel and aluminium for the whole EU bloc.
"There were already some high-level contacts last week where both...