Trump: “Whether I will impose import tariffs on products from the European Union? Absolute”

“Whether I will impose import tariffs on products from the European Union? Do you want the real answer or the diplomatic? Absolute. The European Union has been very bad for us, “said the 78-year-old Republican. It is not clear when those rates will come and what percentage.

Earlier on Friday, the Perschef van het Witte Huis, Karoline Leavitt, announced that the Trump administration is holding on to the entering date of 1 February for import taxes on products from Canada, Mexico and China. It would be about import duties of 25 percent on products from Canada and Mexico, and 10 percent on products from China.

Not China, not Russia, but European Union seems new target of Trump

The Canadian retiring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised “a powerful and immediate answer” when Trump would continue. “Nobody – on any side of the border – wants American rates on Canadian products,” said Trudeau on X.