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The introduction of U.S. tariffs on European Union automobiles and car parts could affect $300 billion in trade and damage nearly all of the blocs 28 member states, according to an EU report.
Duties of 25 percent could be expected roughly to reduce U.S. imports of car and car parts in half, the European Commission wrote in a memo obtained by Bloomberg. An introduction of U.S. tariffs would be met with equivalent penalties imposed by affected trading partners.
President Donald Trump said Friday on Twitter that he would impose a 20 percent levy on all cars imported from the EU unless the bloc removes import duties and trade barriers. This comes on the same day that the EU triggered tariffs on 2.8 billion euros ($3.3 billion) of American products in response to U.S. duties on its steel and aluminum exports that were justified on national security grounds.
EU and U.S. auto-related trade accounts for some 10 percent of total commerce between the two regions, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. The U.S. is the number one destination of EU car exports both in terms of volume -- making up around a fifth of all exports -- and revenue with just under a third of total export value.
Duties of 25 percent could be expected roughly to reduce U.S. imports of car and car parts in half, the European Commission wrote in a memo obtained by Bloomberg. An introduction of U.S. tariffs would be met with equivalent penalties imposed by affected trading partners.
President Donald Trump said Friday on Twitter that he would impose a 20 percent levy on all cars imported from the EU unless the bloc removes import duties and trade barriers. This comes on the same day that the EU triggered tariffs on 2.8 billion euros ($3.3 billion) of American products in response to U.S. duties on its steel and aluminum exports that were justified on national security grounds.
EU and U.S. auto-related trade accounts for some 10 percent of total commerce between the two regions, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. The U.S. is the number one destination of EU car exports both in terms of volume -- making up around a fifth of all exports -- and revenue with just under a third of total export value.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-22/eu-warns-of-severe-disruption-as-trump-threatens-car-tariffs
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EU Warns of 'Severe Disruption' as Trump Threatens Car Tariffs (Original Post)
spanone
Jun 2018
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Coventina
(27,121 posts)1. I never planned on buying a German automobile before.
But I'm sorely tempted to now.
Of course, to do so I'd probably have to take a second mortgage on my house.
drray23
(7,633 posts)2. Not necessarily.
Volkwagens are affordable and well build. Like the jetta or the golf.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)3. and made in Chattanooga