The European Union is preparing billions of doubts about importing from the United States.
EU countries plan to use countermeasures against the duties imposed by US President Donald Trump in the coming days. Next week, the European Union can approve the first target package and impose duties on the import of goods in the United States up to $ 28 billion. This was reported by Reuters.
It is noted that tomorrow the European Commission should offer a list of US goods, to which additional responsibilities will be applied in response to the duties of the United States for steel and aluminum. The list can include meat, flakes, wine, wood, clothes, as well as chewing gum, dental thread, vacuum cleaner and toilet paper.
And Bourbon is proposed to introduce 50% of duties, and this causes the hottest discussions. Previously, Trump threatened to join 200% of the duties of alcohol with the EU, if European countries did not abandon their plans.
In addition, according to the newspaper, on April 7, in Luxembourg, he will meet with ministers of trade from all 27 EU countries to reconcile one position. Among the EU member states there is a desire to withstand Trump’s tariffs with one front, but the reaction position is different.
Recall that on April 2, US President Donald Trump introduced great duties throughout American imports. The minimum level of 10% will be valid from April 5 for all countries in the list. Mutual tariffs, which are individual for each country, entered into force on April 9th.
The British magazine The Economist greatly criticized this decision and called on April 2 the “Destruction Day”.
Source: Reuters
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