As President Donald Trump continues inflicting expensive trading tariffs on countries outside the US, many are hitting back. On Thursday, Trump threatened extortionate tariffs on Europe. After calling the EU "one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the world" and claiming it was "formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States",

Senior members of the European Union’s executive arm and US officials spoke on Friday to explore ways to move forward after US President Donald Trump’s metals tariffs prompted a trade war.