sexta-feira, 23 de maio de 2025

Trump: I'm recommending a 50% tariff on the EU

 


4h ago

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/may/23/energy-price-cap-cut-great-britain-retail-sales-stock-markets-bonds-business-live-news?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-6830643c8f08fb88c85e3530#block-6830643c8f08fb88c85e3530

 

Trump: I'm recommending a 50% tariff on the EU

Newsflash: Donald Trump has just announced he is recommending a 50% tariff on goods from the Europen Union, from the start of next month.

 

Ratcheting up the trade war, Trump has claimed in a Truth Social post that the EU has been ‘very difficult’ to deal with, and that the current US trade in goods deficit is “totally unacceptable”.

 

Trump also claims that the EU was set up to take advantage of the US on trade.

 

He says:

 

The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult to deal with.

 

Their powerful Trade Barriers, Vat Taxes, ridiculous Corporate Penalties, Non-Monetary Trade Barriers, Monetary Manipulations, unfair and unjustified lawsuits against Americans Companies, and more, have led to a Trade Deficit with the U.S. of more than $250,000,000 a year, a number which is totally unacceptable. Our discussions with them are going nowhere!

 

Therefore, I am recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union, starting on June 1, 2025. There is no Tariff if the product is built or manufactured in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

 

UPDATE: Donald Trump’s claim that the US has a trade deficit with the EU of “more than $250,000,000 a year” actually understates the situation. The president may have his millions and billions mixed up.

 

According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the U.S. goods trade deficit with the European Union was $235.6bn in 2024, not over $250m as Trump suggests….

 

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