The announcement of President Trump last week according to which he imposed a tariff of 20% on goods from the European Union sent shock waves through the block of 27 nations, the last decision of a trade war which takes place which tears the close partners.
This week, Europe will move forward with its first counter -manier – one of the potentially several upcoming several.
EU officials have spent the past few weeks refining a list of reprisals they plan to set up on April 15. They show Monday to the Ministers of the United States and the trade in their suggestions in Luxembourg, and a vote on the list is expected on Wednesday.
These prices would come in response to steel and aluminum samples that Washington had previously announced, and they should sweep; The preliminary list covered everything, whiskey and motorcycles with boats and soybeans. But they would also be that the start, an opening offer in Europe’s response to Mr. Trump’s pricing.
European officials work on additional plans to meet the prices of cars that were announced at the end of March and the 20% general rates that Trump announced last week.
EU leaders take up the steps for two reasons. First, they needed time to digest the burst of announcements that came from the White House, in the hope of designing a response that would inflict maximum pain in the United States while minimizing the spin-offs for European consumers and companies.
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