EU Warns Trump’s Tariff Threat Is Danger to Transatlantic Trade
A container vessel navigates through the Port of Rotterdam.
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Donald Trump’s proposed 30% tariff on European Union goods is “effectively prohibitive” to transatlantic trade and could warrant retaliation, the bloc’s chief negotiator said.
Briefing reporters in Brussels on Monday before a gathering of trade ministers, Maros Sefcovic warned that counter measures may be on the table as an option to strike back against the US president’s levies.