The European Union (EU) has delayed plans to hit back at US President Donald Trump's steel and aluminium tariffs until the middle of next month. The trading bloc was set to impose duties on US products, including a 50% levy on whiskey, from 1 April to which Trump then responded with a 200% alcohol tariff threat.

The European Union is delaying until mid-April its retaliatory trade action over the Trump administration’s increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports to 25%, senior officials said on Thursday.

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