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The European Union has said it "strongly regrets" a fresh move by US president Donald Trump to double import tariffs on steel and aluminium to 50 percent, warning the decision risks derailing efforts to resolve an escalating trade dispute with the United States. The new tariffs took effect on Wednesday.

EU -US trade talks going in the right direction, top trade negotiators from both sides say; stock markets rise, Germany’s Dax hits record high on tax relief package

After the US president announced he would raise tariffs on aluminium and steel from 25% to 50%, a deal between the EU and the US is unlikely to be reached within the 90-day period set by Trump, according to Ignacio García Bercero, a former senior EU official and expert at…

Prime minister also reaffirms policy on Taiwan while hitting back at Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on steel and aluminium imports

Trump announced on Friday night that he planned to double rates on imported steel, piling more pressure on the industry

During a rally at a steel plant the US president announced that he will double tariffs on steel imports. Afterwards, he announced the same for aluminium. The measure, which would hit Europe hard, is supposed to come into force on 4 June.

The US president revealed that tariffs would rise from 25 to 50 per cent

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Don Farrell says US president’s latest tariffs announcement ‘an act of economic self-harm’ and he will continue to advocate for their removal