The European Commission has drawn up a €95bn tariff list targeting US goods, signalling a shift toward long-term trade pushback against Washington if no deal is reached soon.
The move, announced on Thursday (8 May), comes as EU-US talks to remove sweeping tariffs introduced by the Trump administration are still ongoing, but appearing to stall.
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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.