{"id":148168,"date":"2025-06-01T00:57:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T00:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/148168\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T00:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T00:57:16","slug":"eu-strongly-regrets-us-decision-to-raise-steel-tariffs-says-it-undermines-ongoing-trade-talks-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/148168\/","title":{"rendered":"EU \u2018strongly regrets\u2019 US decision to raise steel tariffs, says it undermines ongoing trade talks | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission on Saturday said it \u201cstrongly regrets\u201d the United States\u2019 plan to double tariffs on imported steel, calling the move unhelpful for the global economy and ongoing trade talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly regret the announced increase of US tariffs on steel imports from 25% to 50%,\u201d a European Commission spokesperson said in a statement emailed to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyloading\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"lazyloading-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/track_1x1.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/track_1x1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" style=\"display:none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>US President <a rel=\"noamphtml noopener\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Friday announced that his administration would raise tariffs on steel and<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/trump-tells-us-steelworkers-he-will-double-tariffs-on-foreign-steel-to-50-per-cent-10039649\/\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> aluminium imports from 25% to 50%<\/a><\/strong>. The change adds pressure on international steel producers and continues his government\u2019s wider trade policies.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision adds further uncertainty to the global economy and increases costs for consumers and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic,\u201d the spokesperson of the European Commission added.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission also said the decision could make it harder to reach a negotiated agreement. \u201cThe tariff increase also undermines ongoing efforts to reach a negotiated solution,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"subscriber_hide\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/subscribe\/upsc-special\/?utm_source=IESITE&amp;utm_medium=Banner&amp;utm_campaign=Inarticle\" title=\"Festive offer\" data-ie-event-category=\"Event_banner\" data-ie-event-action=\"Article\" data-ie-event-label=\"Desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"lazyloading\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" data-lazy-type=\"lazyloading-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/article_banner.jpg\" alt=\"Festive offer\" width=\"640px\" height=\"99px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new US tariffs are expected to affect several global steel exporters, including some EU member states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Commission on Saturday said it \u201cstrongly regrets\u201d the United States\u2019 plan to double tariffs on imported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[63510,63513,10959,26514,32,2000,43264,299,5187,2557,1699,3055,63511,63512,63509,479,21444,24533,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-148168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-aluminium-imports","9":"tag-atlantic","10":"tag-businesses","11":"tag-consumers","12":"tag-donald-trump","13":"tag-eu","14":"tag-eu-member-states","15":"tag-europe","16":"tag-european","17":"tag-european-commission","18":"tag-european-union","19":"tag-global-economy","20":"tag-international-steel-producers","21":"tag-negotiated-agreement","22":"tag-steel-imports","23":"tag-tariffs","24":"tag-trade-policies","25":"tag-trade-talks","26":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114605396002430106","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}