The EU has requested consultations with the United States under the Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding the import tariffs imposed by the country under its Section 232 trade legislation.
The request to the WTO, filed by the EU on Monday April 16 under article 12.3 of the Safeguards Agreement, stated that although the US characterizes the new tariffs on steel and aluminium as security measures, they are in essence safeguard measures.US President Donald Trump set blanket tariffs of 25%...