The EU Council has approved a mandate for the opening of negotiations with the United States on a trade agreement limited to the elimination of tariffs for industrial goods (excluding agricultural products), and conformity assessment. The mandate also ensures that the EU will not conclude negotiations with the US as long as the current Section 232 tariffs on EU exports of steel and aluminium remain in place, and that it would be able to suspend negotiations unilaterally if the US were to impose further trade restrictions against European products.
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