内容摘要：This would still be a considerable increase on the 2.5% level of 2024 and would be the highest since 1970.

This would still be a considerable increase on the 2.5% level of 2024 and would be the highest since 1970.

The UK - which left the EU following the 2016 Brexit referendum - was the first country to clinch aIn a statement sent to the BBC on Saturday, the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, said: "We strongly regret the announced increase of US tariffs on steel imports from 25% to 50%.

"This decision adds further uncertainty to the global economy and increases costs for consumers and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic."The tariff increase also undermines ongoing efforts to reach a negotiated solution."In good faith, the EU paused its countermeasures on 14 April to create space for continued negotiations," the statement said, warning the bloc "is prepared to impose countermeasures".

On Friday, Trump announced the tariff rate on steel and aluminium imports would double to 50%, starting on Wednesday.He said the move would help boost the local steel industry and national supply, while reducing reliance on China.

Trump also said that $14bn (£10bn) would be invested in the area's steel production through a partnership between US Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel, though he later told reporters he had yet to see or approve the final deal.

The announcement was the latest turn in Trump's rollercoaster approach to tariffs since re-entering office in January.They queued up to get into the gig and when the gates opened, and managed to get very close to a smaller second stage.

Springsteen would often get young fans on the stage with him, and Haydn remembered thinking, perhaps there was hope for him."I was on mum's shoulders. And I remember thinking, there might be a chance here," he said.

His mum Sally said as soon as Bruce jumped up on to the stage in front of them, she knew it was their moment."I almost threw him on the stage," she recalled.