“The administration is really torn between two competing priorities,” Edward Alden, a trade expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, told the publication. 

“On the one hand, it wants to resolve outstanding trade differences with the EU and present a more united front in dealing with China. But on the other hand, the administration has made clear that it wants a worker-center trade policy here in the United States, and lifting the tariffs will face considerable opposition from the steelworkers and other labor unions,” he said.  

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