Trump rejects EU offer of zero-for-zero tariffs
The European Union has offered to remove all tariffs on cars and industrial goods from the United States. But President Donald Trump now says it is not enough to make up for what he calls unfair trade. The EU says it tried to negotiate the so-called zero-for-zero deal weeks ago but the offer remains on the table. Still, the bloc's trade ministers met in Luxembourg to discuss their first retaliatory tariffs - set at 25 per cent - aimed at countering US levies on steel and aluminium. Ross Cullen has more.
The European Union has offered to remove all tariffs on cars and industrial goods from the United States. But President Donald Trump now says it is not enough to make up for what he calls unfair trade. The EU says it tried to negotiate the so-called zero-for-zero deal weeks ago but the offer remains on the table. Still, the bloc's trade ministers met in Luxembourg to discuss their first retaliatory tariffs - set at 25 per cent - aimed at countering US levies on steel and aluminium. Ross Cullen has more.