EU seeks trade deal with Trump, others face new tariff notices

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS — The European Union said on Wednesday it could reach an outline trade agreement with the United States in the coming days, while U.S. President Donald Trump promised that he would deliver further tariff notices on unnamed countries. Trump broadened a trade war that has cast a shadow over the global economic outlook when he said on Tuesday he would impose a 50 per cent tariff on imported copper and soon introduce long-threatened levies on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals. He said late on Tuesday that "a minimum of seven" tariff notices would be released on Wednesday morning, and more in…