The president of the United States, Donald Trump, He advanced Wednesday that he will impose tariffs 25% to the products of the European Union (EU). “We will announce them very soon and will be 25%, in general terms, and They will apply to cars and all things“He said.
During his first cabinet meeting at the White House, the president reiterated his complaints against the European bloc because “they do not accept their cars or their agricultural products,” although he clarified that “loves” the countries of the old continent. Then, he denounced that “LThe European Union was designed to annoy the United States “and said that” that was the goal and they achieved it. ”
However, the times changed. In that line, he warned the heads of state of the European Union: “Now I am the president.”
The Republican ensures that the US trade deficit with Europe is “US $ 300,000 million.” However, the European Commission questions that number and estimates it at US $ 157,000 million in goods, but only US $ 50,000 million if the US commercial surplus in services is taken into account.
The European Union said it will react “firmly and immediately” against Donald Trump’s tariffs
After the announcement, the European Union warned through a spokesman who will react “firmly and immediately”and that “will always protect companies, workers and European consumers against unjustified tariffs.”
“As already said, the EU will react firmly and immediately against unjustified barriers to free and fair trade, even when tariffs are used to question legal and non -discriminatory policies,” the spokesman for the European Commission, Olof Gill, told the press to the press.
Since he assumed on January 20, Trump has threatened “Reciprocal tariffs” to US business partners to counteract a trade that considers “unfair and unbalanced.”
At the beginning of February, when Trump had advanced his intentions still without putting figures to tariffs, from the European Union they said they were prepared to face “harsh negotiations” the tycoon. “We will always protect our own interests, whatever and when needed,” said its president Ursula von der Leyen.
The negotiations would be to avoid a commercial war between both sides of the Atlantic, Von der Leyen said, after Canada and Mexico They will agree with the White House to temporarily avoid the painful imposition of 25%tariffs, provided by US authorities.
Source: Ambito
