EU braced for trade war as US tariffs exemption to expire within weeks

Steel and aluminium tariffs could be imposed on 1 JuneTrade commissioner: ‘We must prepare for different scenarios’The EU is bracing itself for a trade war with the US, after Donald Trump’s administration signalled to Brussels that it would not prolong the exemption granted to European steel and aluminium importers from its punitive tariffs.
Cecilia Malmström, the European commissioner for trade, said that she expected the US commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, to make a reco