India, March 12 -- The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory tariffs on imports from the US after Donald Trump's proposed 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports went into effect.

The EU slapped duties on industrial and agricultural products, with those measures going into effect on April 1.

The EU measures will cover goods from the United States worth some 26 billion euros ($28 billion) These imports include steel and aluminum products, along with textiles, home appliances and agricultural goods.

As the US are applying tariffs worth 28 billion dollars, we are responding with countermeasures worth 26 billion euros)," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement, the Associated Press r...