The European Union is willing to talk to the Trump administration about the sweeping import tariffs announced last week, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has said. She also said Brussels was ready to take countermeasures if necessary. Euro-area short-dated yields hit a fresh two-and-a-half-year low on Monday as fears about the economic impact of US tariffs triggered a rout in stocks and led investors to boost bets on European Central Bank rate cuts