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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEurope will hit US products with tariffs starting Friday
European Union tariffs on products from the United States will go into effect on Friday.
The European Commission announced Wednesday that it had approved initial retaliatory tariffs on US exports worth 2.8 billion ($3.2 billion).
The tariffs will hit American products including motorcycles, orange juice, bourbon, peanut butter, motor boats, cigarettes and denim. They are a response to the Trump administration's tariffs on steel and aluminum exports from Europe.
"We did not want to be in this position," said EU trade official Cecilia Malmström. "The unilateral and unjustified decision of the US to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on the EU means that we are left with no other choice."
The European Union has also filed a case at the World Trade Organization.
The tariffs will hit American products including motorcycles, orange juice, bourbon, peanut butter, motor boats, cigarettes and denim. They are a response to the Trump administration's tariffs on steel and aluminum exports from Europe.
"We did not want to be in this position," said EU trade official Cecilia Malmström. "The unilateral and unjustified decision of the US to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on the EU means that we are left with no other choice."
The European Union has also filed a case at the World Trade Organization.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/20/news/economy/europe-tariffs-us-goods/index.html
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Europe will hit US products with tariffs starting Friday (Original Post)
spanone
Jun 2018
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samnsara
(17,650 posts)1. i can survive.. i have my own fresh water and food supply and provisions..
...trump needs to be taught a lesson and so do his deplorables.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,475 posts)2. Thank goodness this "crisis" can't be blamed on Democrats.
Little Donnie owns this one.
Quemado
(1,262 posts)4. He'll blame somebody
Remember, he is never at fault.
Cha
(297,771 posts)6. Fucking Fascist Fraud owns them all.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)3. We deserve to be sanctioned
It's the least they could do.
And what they'd normally do with any other nation committing atrocities against families and children.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)5. Trump won't care until they start hitting Trump products
and Trump properties with sanctions
Cha
(297,771 posts)8. Can't wait!
mainer
(12,031 posts)7. The whole world should sanction us. We'll be left with only Russian vodka
and an incredible array of foodstuffs from North Korea.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,274 posts)9. Mmmmmmm corn rice