Economics

EU to End Tariffs on $3.4 Billion Goods If U.S. Lifts Metal Duty

  • Bloc would lift countermeasures immediately, ambassador says
  • U.S.’s 2018 metals tariffs saw EU response on bourbon, jeans

   

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The European Union would immediately lift retaliatory tariffs on about $3.4 billion of U.S. goods if America removes its duties on metals imported from the bloc, the EU Ambassador to the U.S. said.