With global stock markets reeling from the announcement of “reciprocal tariffs” by US President Donald Trump on 2 April, EU Member States are calling for calm. They recommend that the European Commission continue to negotiate with the US administration, in the hope of a U-turn, before making any new announcements. EU trade ministers, meeting in Luxembourg on Monday 7 April, were united behind this objective.
“All of us would prefer a negotiated solution that would take us away from...