United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai told EUROPE she is “optimistic” that the Section 232 steel and aluminium tariff dispute will be resolved by 1 December. She spoke at a meeting with journalists, including EUROPE, in Brussels on 21 October.
EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, with whom she is negotiating, recalled at the end of September the short time remaining to reach a solution(see EUROPE B12802A15).
“The conversations are intense and that’s a good thing”,...