Amazwe e-European Union asekele uhlelo lokunciphisa ukungenisa kwensimbi ku-bloc kulandela i-USithubhu yekhoyili yensimbi engagqwaliUMongameli uDonald Trump ubeka intela yensimbi ne-aluminium engena e-United States, kusho i-European Commission ngoLwesithathu.

Kusho ukuthi konke ukuthengwa kwensimbi kwamanye amazwe kuzoba ngaphansi komkhawulo osebenzayo kuze kube nguJulayi 2021 ukuze kuliwe nokukhathazeka kwabakhiqizi be-EU ukuthi izimakethe zase-Europe zingase zigcwale imikhiqizo yensimbi engasangeniswa e-US.

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