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EU Vows to Respond With Countermeasures to Trump’s 20% Tariffs

Ursula von der Leyen in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on April 3.Photographer: Vyacheslav Oseledko/Getty Images

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By Jorge Valero, Alexander Weber, and Alberto Nardelli

April 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM UTC

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The European Union, the US’s largest trading partner, vowed to retaliate after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs against the bloc in his bid to dismantle the global trading system.