US to cut steel tariffs only if EU agrees to soften digital rules enforcement in return

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US to cut steel tariffs only if EU agrees to soften digital rules enforcement in return  The US pushes for softer digital rules enforcement in exchange for tariff relief to the Europeans after Brussels meeting with Greer and Lutnick.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/24/us-to-cut-steel-tariffs-only-if-eu-agrees-to-soften-digital-rules-enforcement-in-return  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said that Washington can reduce duties on EU steel

00:07and aluminium, but only if the Europeans agree to ease the implementation of digital rules,

00:13following a meeting in Brussels on Monday.

00:16We set a baseline foundation of a trade agreement that resets trade between us in a reciprocal

00:25and fair way, and now it's our job both to implement it and then to work on the next

00:31version of it to grow and to build those relationships going forward.

00:36Lutnick did not call to remove the rules, but did say the way in which they are applied should be

00:41more balanced for American tech companies. Brussels is desperately seeking to obtain a

00:47reduction of the 50 percent tariffs that the Trump administration imposed on European aluminium and

00:52steel in June. The EU and U.S. clinched a trade deal in July that resulted in a 15 percent tariff on

01:00most European goods, but EU steel and aluminium remain stuck at the much higher rate despite the deal.

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