Amazwe e-European Union asekele uhlelo lokunciphisa ukungeniswa kwensimbi kuleli qembu ngemuva kwe-USishubhu yekhoyili yensimbi engagqwaliIKhomishini yaseYurophu isho ngoLwesithathu ukuthi uMengameli uDonald Trump ubeka intela yensimbi ne-aluminium engena e-United States.

Kusho ukuthi konke ukungeniswa kwensimbi kuzobekwa ngaphansi komkhawulo osebenzayo kuze kube nguJulayi 2021 ukuze kulwiswane nokukhathazeka kwabakhiqizi be-EU ngokuthi izimakethe zaseYurophu zingase zigcwale yimikhiqizo yensimbi engasangeniswa e-US.

I-bloc yayisivele ibeke izinyathelo "zokuvikela" okwesikhashana ekungenisweni kwezinhlobo zemikhiqizo yensimbi engu-23 ngoJulayi, kanye nosuku lokuphelelwa yisikhathi ngoFebhuwari 4. Izinyathelo manje zizonwetshwa.