How The EU Is Responding To Trump's Trade Assault

The EU plans to hit US soybeans imports with tariffs, after officials said Europe could buy the stuff from Brazil (Credit: AFP)

Hit by three waves of painful US tariffs since President Donald Trump returned to office, the European Union's response has been a high-wire act, balancing calibrated retaliation with a push for negotiations to avert an all-out trade war.

- In March, Trump fired his first shot against the 27-country European Union with 25 percent levies on steel and aluminium imports;