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Trump to Hit EU With Metal Tariffs on Thursday - Reports

© AP Photo / Mark DuncanAn employee looks on from behind coils of steel as acting Secretary of Labor Seth Harris speaks to workers after a tour of ArcelorMittal Steel's hot dip galvanizing line in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio (File)
An employee looks on from behind coils of steel as acting Secretary of Labor Seth Harris speaks to workers after a tour of ArcelorMittal Steel's hot dip galvanizing line in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio (File) - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Trump administration is expected to announce on Thursday that the United States will impose steel and aluminum tariffs on EU states after Washington was unable to win concessions, media reported.

US negotiators failed to reach a deal on the tariffs with EU counterparts ahead of a Friday deadline, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the situation.

In March, the Trump administration imposed 10 percent tariffs on imported steel and 25 percent aluminum. The European Union was granted temporary exemption due to expire on Friday. However, the bloc insisted that it should be permanently exempted from them.

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Meanwhile, European Union Ambassador to the United States David O’Sullivan said earlier that the EU will likely respond with "counterbalancing" tariffs on US products.

"If tariffs are imposed, I fear we will exercise our right under the World Trade Organization (WTO) to have rebalancing tariffs," O’Sullivan told a meeting at the Woodrow Wilson Center. "We really don't understand the logic of this."

"We are not happy with the prospect of tariffs on steel on and aluminum. We feel it is not legitimate to export additional tariffs on legitimate European exports of steel and aluminum… They're not even produced here [in the United States] in many cases," O’Sullivan said.

Earlier on Wednesday, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warned that if the European Union was attacked by the proposed US tariffs, the bloc would have to act to defend its own interests.

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