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EUROPEAN UNION leaders vented their frustration yesterday that they had only obtained a temporary exemption to US tariffs on steel and aluminium and argue the measure should never have applied to their countries in the first place.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said the exemption until May 1 was an unfair way by Washington to treat loyal servants and did not bode well for any trade talks.
“It is a sort of gun to our head,” Mr Michel said. “It is a strange way to negotiate with a partner.”
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
