EU Safeguard Measures on Metals Won't Hurt Norway, Juncker Says
- ‘No impact at all on Norway,’ EU Commission president pledges
- Norway-EU relations won’t be jeopardized by Brexit, he says
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Potential “safeguard” measures by the European Union to counter increased U.S. tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum won’t affect Norway, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said.
The EU and other U.S. allies are planning tit-for-tat tariffs on U.S. goods and other countermeasures after the Trump administration said it is imposing steel and aluminum duties on them. The European Commission, the EU executive, is considering so-called “safeguard” measures to protect EU producers from any surge in imports resulting from a controversial U.S. tariffs.