Manufacturing industry Trump threatens EU with tariffs - "They treat us badly"
US President Donald Trump is once again threatening the European Union with tariffs. "They treat us very, very badly. So they will have to expect tariffs", Trump said at a press conference in the White House.
22.01.2025, 00:59
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Tariffs are the only way to achieve fairness and return the favor. Trump lamented the trade deficit and said that the European Union would not buy cars or agricultural products from the USA.
Trump had urged the EU to import more oil and gas from the US shortly before he was sworn in. "Otherwise there will be endless tariffs!!!", he wrote at the time on his online mouthpiece Truth Social. There had already been a fierce trade dispute between the USA and the EU during Trump's first term in office. Back then, Trump had introduced special tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in 2018 and the EU responded with special tariffs on US products such as bourbon whiskey, Harley-Davidson motorcycles and jeans.
Turning to China, the Republican said: "We are considering tariffs of 10 percent against China because they are sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada." Fentanyl is a synthetic drug that causes thousands of deaths in the USA every year.
Mexican drug cartels produce it from chemical raw materials from China and smuggle it into the United States. Trump had already threatened China shortly after his election victory to impose additional tariffs of ten percent on goods from China.
