EU must ease tech rules, says Lutnick

IN ORDER TO GET A DEAL TO LOWER STEEL TARIFFS

- JORGE VALERO, LISA ABRAMOWICZ & DANI BURGER

US COMMERCE SECRETARY Howard Lutnick said the European Union needs to change its digital regulations in order to get a deal to lower steel and aluminum tariffs.

“We are talking to them about” rolling back EU tech rules, Lutnick said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “In exchange for that, we will come up with a cool steel and aluminum deal.”

Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were in Brussels on Monday for their first official visit since reaching a trade deal with the EU in July.