By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States may be able to avoid the European Union’s plan to slap tariffs on imports of polluting goods based on its similar climate targets, the head of EU climate change policy said on Tuesday. The 27-country EU is negotiating a plan to introduce the world’s first carbon border levy from 2026, forcing companies importing into the bloc to pay carbon costs at the border on certain polluting products such as steel, cement and aluminium. The levy would apply to goods from countries with weaker climate policies than the EU’s, although the bloc has said s…