Trump and Juncker appear amiable at meeting aimed to avert trade war
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels and David Smith in Washi from on (#3VJEF)
US president and European commission president agreed they want to reduce tariffs, before heading into talks in Washington
Donald Trump has begun trade talks with top European Union officials at the White House, suggesting that the US would be "pleased" if all tariffs, barriers and subsidies could be scrapped.
The US president sat in the Oval Office alongside Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president who is hoping to persuade him not to impose punishing tariffs on car imports and risk an all-out trade war.
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