Afghanistan, June 3 -- The EU is preparing countermeasures to respond if trade talks with the US fail, aiming to protect European industries.
The European Commission announced that following U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50 percent, it is actively pursuing negotiations this week to reduce or eliminate these tariffs with the United States.
Maros Sefcovic, the European Union's trade commissioner, is scheduled to meet U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday, June 4, during the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) meeting in Paris to discuss the issue.
The European Commission emphasized that it prefers reducing or removing tariffs rather than esc...