Some responses from EU on Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs:
Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom: –
- “The EU is a close ally of the US and we continue to be of the view that the EU should be excluded from these measures.”
- “Protectionism cannot be the answer, it never is.”
Germany Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries: –
- “The ‘national security’ argument could set a precedent.
- “The fear is that a series of other countries could use the national security argument to shut off their markets.
- “That would risk undermining global trade rules thrashed out laboriously over decades.
