(Reuters) -EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic will meet U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer this week on the sidelines of an ASEAN ministerial summit in Kuala Lumpur to restart stalled talks on steel and aluminum export tariffs, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
The European Commission has proposed eliminating or significantly reducing the duties but has not heard back from the U.S. on its offer, Sefcovic told Bloomberg in an interview.
“The most logical step would be to proceed with a tariff-rate quota, with low or no tariffs,” Sefcovic told Bloomberg.
Asked for comment, the U.S. Trade Representative told Bloomberg that metal tariffs are handled by the Commerce Department. The U.S. Trade Representative and Commerce Department did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
(Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru)
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