EU Says No Tariff Deal Expected During US Officials’ First Visit

The European Union said no deal was expected Monday to lower tariffs on steel and other products during talks with senior US trade officials.

“Today it’s not about negotiations, it’s about the stock-taking exercise,” EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic told reporters before the bloc’s trade ministers met with senior US officials.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are in Brussels for the first time since the EU and US reached a trade agreement in July.

The deal set a 15% US tariff on many EU goods, while the EU pledged to erase tariffs on US ...