PARIS >> Washington doubled its tariffs on steel and aluminium imports today, the same day President Donald Trump’s administration expects trading partners to make “best offers” to avoid other punishing import levies from taking effect in early July.

European businesses called on the European Commission, which handles trade talks for the 27-nation EU to do everything it can to remove the tariffs, as the bloc’s trade negotiator Maros Sefcovic met with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Paris in the morning.

Sefcovic said he “had a productive and constructive discussion” with Greer, without giving any detail on the talks.

“We’re advancing in the right direction at pace — and staying in close contact to maintain the momentum,” Sefcovic said on X. Late on Tuesday, Trump signed an e

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