EU hits back at Trump - targets goods from Republican areas

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EU plans to hit U.S. imports with duties from July

EU members have given broad support to a European Commission plan to set 25 percent duties on up to 2.8 billion euros (2.4 billion pounds) of U.S. exports in response to what is sees as illegal U.S. action. EU exports that are now subject to U.S. tariffs are worth 6.4 billion euros.

“The Commission expects to conclude the relevant procedure in coordination with member states before the end of June so that the new duties start applying in July,” Commissioner Maros Sefcovic told a news conference on Wednesday after he and other commissioners endorsed the plan for duties on U.S. imports.

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U.S. products on the list include orange juice, bourbon, jeans, motorcycles and a variety of steel products.

But it isnt just Europe.

The European Union, Canada and Mexico have all responded after U.S. President Donald Trump last Friday ended their exemptions from tariffs of 25 percent for steel and 10 percent for aluminium.

Canada has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs on C$16.6 billion ($12.9 billion) worth of U.S. exports from July 1. Mexico put tariffs on American products ranging from steel to pork and bourbon on Tuesday

But this is the bit that made me chuckle.

Some of the products chosen are designed to target states of senior Republicans who are seeking to retain control of both chambers of Congress in hotly contested November elections.

Trade Wars are easy to win ?

You will lose your jobs and pay more for the goods you buy. #maga

Not everyone enjoys taking it up the ass Tammy.

Just trumpanzees, eh?

 

[zaangalewa]

… Funny how you completely ignored the fact that the EU uses tariffs and protectionism, which makes the rest of your argument inconsequential.

So why stopped Donald Trump TTIP (=Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership)?

It's by the way also a little funny that the USA blocked a long time in history a military politics of Germany - while Trump makes now a naive miscalculation about military costs of the USA. Whatever Germany pays or pays not for the own defense system has nothing to do with the costs of the USA for their military structures. And besides direct military costs we have for example also a kind of preemptive military costs by fighting against dangers of a growing refugee wave with social methods. Lots of our social costs could also be part of our military household.

And Mr. Trump - if you should read this: Since you are born you are not used to hear from anyone in the world the truth about your crazy behavior. So let me tell you: Everyone in the world laughs about you! We Germans laugh a little more bitter than all others, because we had also laughed once about Hitler before he became mighty. He was once a funny man too.