EU will counter the steel and aluminum tariffs and stick to WTO rules
In response to the decision of President Trump to withdraw its endorsement of the joint communique of the G7 Summit on the 10th, German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed his disappointment that day. Merkel said at the same time that the EU will take countermeasures against the United States to impose steel and aluminum tariffs. On the 10th, U.S. President Trump sent a message on his Twitter that he had instructed the U.S. representatives not to sign the joint communique of the G7 summit. According to German media reports, Trump had previously said that the United States agreed to this document. In response to the latest developments, Merkel made the above statement when he was interviewed on a German TV on the same day. Merkel described the Trump decision as “watchful” and "somewhat depressing." Just after the United States announced its recent decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum for economies including the European Union, Canada has announced that it w...