NYT reported on the preservation of US duties on steel and aluminum after the deal with the EU

The US-EU trade deal does not involve the abolition of 50% duties on steel and aluminum, but it remains possible to change the terms during further negotiations. This was reported by The New York Times on Sunday, July 27.

The deal, involving a 15% duty on all exports from the European Union to the United States, concluded by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and American President Donald Trump, does not cancel Trump's previous conditions, according to a statement from a source quoted by the newspaper.

A senior U.S. official said that the 50 percent tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on steel and aluminum worldwide were not part of the agreement, although von der Leyen suggested that they could be reduced during further negotiations.

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The parties are ready to exchange mutual duties of 30%

Earlier in the day, the United States and the European Union (EU) agreed on a trade deal. The agreement will allow the EU to avoid 30% duties that could be imposed by Washington. However, Trump said he did not intend to reduce the level of duties for Brussels from 15%.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he expected big eases from the trade deal. The head of the parliamentary faction of the National Unification Party, Marine Le Pen, called this trade deal a fiasco from the point of view of politics, economics and morality.

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