Nails, tacks, pins, wire ropes or bumper parts will be subject to the same tariffs as those imposed on American imports of steel (+25%) and aluminium (+10%) from 8 February 2020.
Indeed, Washington estimates that these imports of steel and aluminium by-products have "considerably increased", thereby circumventing the customs duties imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, from which European products have been suffering since 1 June 2018 (see EUROPE B12031A2), a presidential...