In English, this is called a “blackmail”. Since January 20, the date of his new investiture as President of the United States, Donald Trump makes this weapon again-blackmail-to make the countries he considers as opponents, but also those classified in the “allies” category.
On Sunday, on the plane that took him to the Super Bowl match in Louisiana, he threatened to tax this Monday 25 % on Monday “all steel and aluminum arriving in the United States”, whatever either the country of origin. As a third steel exporting power to the North American continent, behind Canada and Brazil, Europe is therefore particularly targeted.