EU planning sweet revenge

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Brussels is planning to hit imports from key states targeted by the
Republicans in this year's mid-term elections in revenge for President
Bush's decision to slap heavy tariffs on European steel producers.

Has any country done this kind of political targeting before?  Openly?  How
soon before we hear Trent Lott calling the Europeans Reds?  I hate stuff
that makes  my "war with a real country" story look more possible.