‘We Are not Afraid’: EU Stands-Up to Trade ‘Bullies’ in Tariff Row With US

‘We Are not Afraid’: EU Stands-Up to Trade ‘Bullies’ in Tariff Row With US

The EU’s top trade official has employed strong rhetoric as the row with US President Donald Trump over steel and aluminum tariffs heats up following fruitless talks. European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem has promised that Europe would fight back against those who intimidate its trade after joint talks with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Hiroshige Seko on exemption from Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs came to a deadlock.