At the European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg on Tuesday 29 May, the big political groups supported the European Commission over the question of unilateral raising of US customs duty on imports of steel, from which the European Union is provisionally exempt until 1 June and for which it is requesting permanent exemption.
In principle, we support the Commission’s approach that the EU should insist on permanent exemption ahead of any trade talks, said Germany’s Godelieve...