The European Union is willing to work with the Trump administration on a deal that would lower tariffs for industrial goods and boost purchases of American exports like natural gas and soybeans, the bloc’s trade chief said.

Donald Trump’s tariffs are a headache for all his trade partners. But the U.S. president’s plan to impose ad hoc “reciprocal” levies on imports are a particular problem for the European Union. By enabling him to target whichever countries in the bloc he pleases,

WASHINGTON: EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic said Thursday (Feb 20) that reciprocity in tariffs should apply to both the bloc and Washington, after talks with his counterparts in US President Donald Trump's administration.