Heavy metal duties kick in as US awaits 'best offers' from nations

European businesses called on the European Commission, which handles trade talks for the 27-nation EU to do everything it can to remove the tariffs, as the bloc's trade negotiator Maros Sefcovic met with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer here. Sefcovic said he "had a productive and constructive discussion" with Greer, without giving any detail on the talks.