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EU-US Trade Tensions Persist a Year After Trump’s Liberation Day

EU marks Liberation Day as steel and aluminum tariff changes loom

The Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe plant in Duisburg, Germany, European exporters still face heavy duties on steel and aluminum exports to the USPhotographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

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By Suzanne Lynch

April 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC

Welcome to the Brussels Edition. I’m Suzanne Lynch, Bloomberg’s Brussels bureau chief, bringing you the latest from the EU each weekday. Make sure you’re signed up.

It’s a year since President Donald Trump — armed with a giant poster in the White House Rose Garden — unveiled the most significant tariffs on US trading partners in more than a century.