Julia Payne

3 days ago | marketscreener.com | Julia Payne |Leigh Thomas

PARIS (Reuters) - Trade talks between the European Union and the United States are going in the right direction, Europe's top trade negotiator said on Wednesday, while criticising a doubling of U.S. metals tariffs as a move that did not help with the negotiations.

3 days ago | marketscreener.com | Julia Payne |Andrea Shalal

PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and European Union said trade talks advanced quickly and in the right direction on Wednesday, top negotiators said, despite a stumbling block posed by new U.S. metals tariffs. President Donald Trump's doubling of tariffs on steel and aluminium imports kicked in on Wednesday, the same day his administration sought "best offers" from trading partners to avoid other punishing import levies from taking effect in July.