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EU to Prepare Retaliation Plan as US Trade Stance Seen to Harden
European Union envoys are set to meet as early as this week to formulate a plan for measures to respond to a possible no-deal scenario with US President Donald Trump, whose tariff negotiating position is seen to have stiffened ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline.
The overwhelming preference is to keep negotiations with Washington on track in a bid for a negotiated outcome to the impasse ahead of next month's deadline.