Malmström doubts EU offer for trade talks will lead to 232 exemption

European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström does not believe the U.S. views Brussels’ offer to negotiate a limited trade agreement as a sufficient incentive to exempt the EU from Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum, she said on Tuesday. “I think they don’t think it’s enough,” Malmström told reporters before a meeting with EU trade ministers. Last week, European leaders said that in return for being permanently exempt from the steel and aluminum tariffs, the EU would be willing to...