From dental floss to diamonds, bathrobes to bourbon, the U.S. products chosen by the European Union for counter-tariffs next month are designed to make workers in Republican-voting states and businesses questions U.

(Reuters) - The European Union will impose counter tariffs on 26 billion euros ($28.33 billion) worth of U.S. goods from next month in response to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium, the European Commission said in a statement on Wednesday.

The EU said Wednesday it will impose counter tariffs on $28 billion of U.S. goods to retaliate for 25% tariffs that President Donald Trump has imposed

EU member countries struggle to ensure that asylum seekers whose claims are rejected leave their territories. The proposal aims to address the problem by sending the migrants to centres called "return hubs" in countries outside the EU while they await deportation proceedings.

The European Union plans to allow countries to return people without the right to stay in the EU to so-called return hubs in third countries, as the rise of anti-immigration parties is pushing the bloc to take an increasingly tough stance.

The European Union will create a common set of procedures for migrant deportations. It has also proposed to create "return hubs" as part of a controversial plan to deport rejected asylum seekers to third countries.