EU will target less than €26 billion worth of U.S. imports, Sefcovic says

Reuters

Mon, Apr 7, 2025, 8:23 AM 1 min read

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union's countermeasures targeting a database of U.S. imports successful effect to the Trump's medication alloy and aluminum tariffs volition beryllium little than 26 cardinal euros' ($28.46 billion) worthy aft taking successful relationship subordinate states' remarks, EU commercialized commissioner Maros Sefcovic told reporters connected Monday.

"When it comes to steel, aluminum and derivatives (...) we are talking astir 26 cardinal euros. We are finalizing the database contiguous (...) but I tin archer you that it volition not beryllium up to the level of 26 cardinal euros, due to the fact that we've been listening precise cautiously to our subordinate states," helium told reporters.

As portion of the U.S. administration's sweeping tariffs plan, the 27-nation EU bloc faces 25% import tariffs connected alloy and aluminium and cars.

"We wanted to marque definite that the load is dispersed reasonably among each subordinate states," Sefcovic added.

Earlier successful the day, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held a telephone with metals manufacture representatives connected Monday and was owed to talk aboriginal to the automobile assemblage astir however to respond to U.S. tariffs.

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(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop and GV De Clercq; Writing by Makini Brice; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)