UPDATE 5-EU paves way to finalise US trade deal and avoid Trump tariff hike

The ?European Union struck a provisional agreement on Wednesday on legislation to remove import duties ?on ?U.S. goods, a key part of a trade deal reached with Washington in July that could stave off higher U.S. tariffs on EU products. But the United States said it was still reviewing certain amendments included in the legislation and stressed Brussels also needed to address non-tariff barriers identified in the deal struck at U.S. President Donald Trump’s golf resort in Scotland last July. Under that ?deal, the EU agreed to remove import duties on U.S. industrial goods and grant preferential access to U.S….