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EU Takes Aim at Trump's Heartland With Tariff-Retaliation Plan

Bloc eyes damages of $12 billion in WTO dispute over subsidies
Goods from video-game consoles to ketchup on preliminary list

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By Jonathan Stearns

April 17, 2019 at 10:19 AM UTC

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April 17, 2019 at 10:54 AM UTC

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The European Union published its preliminary list of U.S. goods being targeted in a $12 billion plan for retaliatory tariffs over subsidies to Boeing Co., with a focus on farm products from areas that help form President Donald Trump’s political base.