In the wake of the United States’ unilateral increase on 23 March in customs duties on steel and aluminium imports, from which the EU is temporarily exempted until 1 May, the “operational working method” for the forthcoming discussions between the European Commission and the US administration on the issues of global industrial overcapacity and the two sides’ trade irritants remains unclear, we learned on Tuesday 27 March from a source close to the matter in the Commission.
“(Trade)...