EU and US face clash as tariff date looms
With Italy in political turmoil, oil prices on the rise and North Korea tensions returning, the last thing the global economy needs is a big lurch towards a trade war.
But that is exactly what the Trump administration in Washington faces if it does not extend temporary exemptions on steel and aluminium imports from Europe that expire on Thursday.
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