The European Union’s tax chief said that the bloc’s use of value-added taxes shouldn’t be part of the trade tensions with the Trump administration.

The U.S. Trade Representative slammed the European Union’s move to impose 50% tariffs on U.S. whiskey in response to American levies on steel and aluminum imports. In his first public statement since confirmation,

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Trump administration does not seem to be engaging in talks to avert trade conflict with the European Union, the EU's trade chief said on Monday, two days before the United States is set to impose tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports.

Escalating a trade war with Europe, President Donald Trump said his administration will counter the European Union's new tariffs on the US.