The EU is "preparing for further countermeasures" to protect its interest, Ursula von der Leyen said after after Donald Trump announced a 20% levies on European goods, urging the US to "move from confrontation to negotiation".
"We are already finalising a first package of countermeasures in response to tariffs on steel. And we are now preparing for further countermeasures, to protect our interests and our businesses if negotiations fail," the Commission president said on Thursday from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where she will attend the first-ever EU-Central Asia summit.
