Search EU, U.S. to end trade tariffs, call for new study into COVID-19 origins, summit draft says FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, in this file picture taken October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo reuters_tickers This content was published on June 9, 2021 - 09:26 June 9, 2021 - 09:26 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The leaders of the European Union and the United States are set to commit to lifting steel tariffs before Dec. 1 2021 and avoid any further transatlantic trade disputes, according to a draft statement prepared for a June 15 summit in Brussels. The draft, seen by Reuters and which will be discussed by EU ambassadors on Wednesday, also commits to ending a long-running spat over subsidies to aircraft makers before July 11.