Right and the point of this is to have an interim period during which negotiations can begin. The EU is aware of this.

  “Only reasonable that EU seems to be omitted from 
  tariffs based on national security grounds given that 
  EU and US are close allies,” Danish Prime Minister Lars 
  Loekke Rasmussen wrote on Twitter. “Rather than 
  threatening to raise tariffs against one another EU and 
  US should work together to solve the real problem of 
  overcapacity.” [1]

There's no point in doing tariffs and just permanently exempting half of the world's supply of steel, aluminum, etc. The tariffs are definitely pointed at specific countries and to also put pressure on other countries to act alongside the U.S.

1.) https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/03/14/euro...