EU ready to talk to US about tariffs but prepared to defend interests, says Von der Leyen

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The European Union is willing to talk to the Trump administration about the sweeping import tariffs announced last week, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has said.
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She also said Brussels was ready to take countermeasures if necessary. Euro-area short-dated yields hit a fresh two-and-a-half-year low on Monday as fears about the economic impact of US tariffs triggered a rout in stocks and led investors to boost bets on European Central Bank rate cuts

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