The European Union (EU) has drawn up a list of US goods that could be hit with tariffs in retaliatio...
The European Union (EU) has drawn up a list of US goods that could be hit with tariffs in retaliation to the Bush administration's decision to impose tariffs of up to 30% on imported steel. The EU's 15 member states have been sent the list of counter-tariffs, which are worth some $2.1bn, for approval. Among the goods that would be affected are Harley Davidson motorbikes, manufactured in Wisconsin, and orange juice from Florida. Head of the US desk at Aegon Asset Management, Elaine Crichton, believes this situation has developed because the US government has again failed to accurately...
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