EU offers to remove industrial tariffs on US goods: 'Ready for a good deal'

WASHINGTON — The European Union has floated a “zero-for-zero” tariff resolution with the Trump administration after 20% import levies were imposed by Washington last week.

“We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods as we have successfully done with many other trading partners,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday.

“Because Europe is always ready for a good deal. So we keep it on the table,” she said at a press conference alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

“We stand ready to negotiate with the US,” von der Leyen added. “We are also prepared to respond through countermeasures and defend our interests.”