Eu Proposes Tariffs on Iceland: "This Is Just a Proposal that Is on the Table"

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The European Union intends to impose safeguard duties on ferroalloys and ferrosilicon, including from Iceland and other EEA countries such as Norway. The Director of the Office of the Trade Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that a final decision has not been made on this by the European Union, and says that following the proposal, formal dialogue between the EEA countries and the European Union regarding the safeguard duties will be…

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The governments of Norway and Iceland have spent a lot of time in recent months trying to convince the European Commission that the two countries should be protected from possible tariffs and countermeasures in the EU's tariff war with the United States, even though the EEA countries are outside the EU customs union. No conclusion has been reached, but the EU proposal, which was presented in a letter to the EEA countries a few days ago, does not…