‘I’m Lost’ With Trump, EU’s Juncker Admits as Metal Tariffs Loom

In the end, there was no last-minute flurry of negotiations. Just resignation and frustration by U.S. allies increasingly at a loss about how to engage with President Donald Trump’s administration.

Trade partners including the European Union that had hoped to win a continued waiver from American tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum knew well before the Friday deadline that the game was over.