Trade dispute: Europe would rather talk to Trump than strike back
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|The US President's announcement to impose 30 percent tariffs on all imports from the EU is unexpectedly harsh. However, Brussels interprets it as a negotiating tactic and hopes to negotiate an agreement by August 1.
Thirty percent – it was quite a shock when this figure was announced in Brussels on Saturday afternoon. At 2:31 p.m. local time, Donald Trump published the letter he had written the day before to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on his news platform Truth Social. "Dear Madam President," it began very politely, before a few lines later the hammer thundered down: From August 1, the US President announced, all goods from the EU imported into the US would be subject to a 30 percent tariff . If the Europeans responded with retaliatory tariffs, the American tariffs would increase by the same amount. "Respectfully," the letter ended, "Donald J. Trump."
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