On the agenda: Trump’s steel and aluminum import duties announcement, radio spectrum policy, EU infrastructure connectivity, Russo-Ukrainian gas dispute
U.S.-EU trade war: Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker released a statement on Thursday evening addressing Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imports of EU steel and aluminum products. He expressed regret over the step, which he said “appears to represent a blatant intervention to protect US domestic industry and not to be based on any national security justification.” He emphasized that “protectionism cannot be the answer to our common problem in the steel sector”, as well as pointed out that America’s “unfair …read more
Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition