The US tariffs for goods from Canada and Mexico are also 25 percent. According to Trump, these should come into force in early April.
Trump had threatened to reciprocal tariffs – for imports from countries that treated the USA “unfair”, including the EU countries. “If you impose a customs or a tax on us, we will impose exactly the same amount of customs or tax for you, it is so simple,” he said two weeks ago when signing a memorandum that should prepare the tariff.
The EU has already announced a “determined and quick” reaction to the possible collection of punitive tariffs by the United States. “In order to protect European interests, we would have no choice but to respond quickly and quickly,” said EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic in Washington last week. Additional US tariffs on EU products would create unnecessary export obstacles for companies and their employees on both sides of the Atlantic.
