In a letter sent to the Commission on Tuesday 4 November, a group of seven EU Member States called for the introduction of additional tariffs on certain Russian and Belarusian products: steel and iron, inorganic chemicals and potassium fertilisers. Initiated by Sweden, this letter will be put on the agenda for the meeting of trade ministers on 24 November under ‘other business’. So far, six countries support the initiative: the three Baltic states, Poland, Germany and Finland.
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