When Trump was re-elected last November, European officials had hoped they could talk him down from a trade war - as they did in his first term with largely symbolic concessions that kept the 1.6 trillion euros ($1.

Across wine country in France, Italy and Spain one number is top of mind: 200%. That's because last week U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a tariff of that amount on European wine, Champagne and other spirits if the European Union went ahead with retaliatory tariffs on some U.

EU countermeasures to U.S. tariffs announced on March 12, are likely to take effect in mid-April, European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Thursday.

The European Union could delay imposition of a first set of counter-measures against the United States over President Donald Trump's steel and aluminium tariffs until mid-April, European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Thursday.

The European Union will delay tariffs on U.S. exports into the trading bloc in response to the imposition of tariffs on European aluminum and steel, a measure announced in February by the White