EU Signals Mounting Concern Over Trump Tariffs as Cohn Resigns
- Dombrovskis says EU will respond to Trump within WTO rules
- European Commission vice president comments in TV interview
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The European Union voiced mounting concern over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose punitive import tariffs, as Germany signaled alarm over the resignation of pro-trade Trump adviser Gary Cohn in an emerging trans-Atlantic dispute over protectionism.
“We hope that eventually this initiative from the U.S. side will not be followed through,” European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said in a Bloomberg Television interview ahead of a meeting of the European Union’s executive arm to discuss a response to the U.S. plans. “But it’s also clear that the EU is going to react if these one-sided tariffs are going to be imposed by the U.S.”