The European Union announced retaliatory tariffs worth around $28 billion to match the “economic scope” of Trump’s tariffs.

The European Commission said on Wednesday that it would be introducing its own raft of tariffs against US goods by April 1. The "countermeasures" were announced after US tariffs of up to 25% on EU steel and aluminum came into effect.

The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with a series of duties on U.S. industrial and agricultural products that will go into effect from April 1

China and the EU vowed on Wednesday to strike back and defend their economic interests against sweeping new US steel and aluminium tariffs, moving

First, the Commission let the suspension of existing countermeasures against the United States lapse on April 1. The move targets US products that "respond to the economic harm done on 8 billion euros (8.72 billion US dollars) of EU steel and aluminum exports," according to a statement released by the Commission.

The EU retaliates against fresh US metal tariffs, announcing swift countermeasures on American imports worth €26 billion. #USTradeWar

The European Union will impose counter tariffs on 26 billion euros ($28 billion) worth of U.S. goods, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

The European Union launched countermeasures on Wednesday against new US metals tariffs, with plans to impose its own duties on up to €26 billion ($28.3 billion) worth of American goods.