The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that the European Union will work to ensure lower U.S. tariffs on its car exports are applied retroactively to Aug. 1, the bloc's trade chief said Thursday, as the transatlantic partners set out details of a framework trade deal struck in July. A Reuters dispatch to The Globe says that in a joint statement, the two sides spelled out that 15-per-cent U.S. tariffs would apply to most EU imports and listed the commitments made, including the EU's pledge to eliminate tariffs on U.S. industrial goods and to give preferential market access for a wide range of U.S. seafood and agricultural goods. Washington will take steps to reduce the current 27.5-per-cent U.S. tariffs on cars and car parts, a huge burden for European carmakers, once Brussels introduces the legislation needed to enact promised tariff cuts on U.S. goods. The statement said U.S. tariff relief on cars and car parts would kick in on the first day of the month in which the EU introduced the legislation. EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic said it was the European Commission's "firm intention" to make proposals by the end of this month. European carmakers could see relief from the current U.S. tariffs within weeks.