The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen organizes a joint press conference with Antonio Costa at the end of the European Council summit in Brussels in Belgium, March 20, 2025.
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According to the President of the European Commission, the European Union is preparing further remedies against US tariffs.
US President Donald Trump imposed 20% tariffs on the block on Wednesday.
Speaking of live broadcasts, the president said that Trump's movement was a “main blow” for the world economy.
“It seems that there is no order in the disorder, there is no clear path to complexity and chaos that is created when all American trading partners are affected,” said von der Leyen.
“Uncertainty will be spiral and will increase further protectionism (i) the consequences will be tragic for millions of people around the world, also for the most sensitive countries that are currently the subject of one of the highest American tariffs.”
The President of the EC said that she agreed with Trump, that some countries are unfair in world trade, and the EU was ready to support efforts to make a global trading system “suitable for the reality of the global economy.”
However, they also warned that the US reaches for tariffs, because your first and last tool will not fix it. “
Comments von der Leyen appear after the block of retaliation after the US tariffs announced by the block Last month to protect European employees and consumers. The EU said at that time that it was meLook for a counterattariffs for EUR 26 billion ($ 28 billion) American goods.
Previously suspended duties – which were at least partly on the spot during the first term of Trump as the president – are to be re -introduced next to a lot of additional obligations on further goods.
Steel and aluminum steel and aluminum products were included, other partly finished and ready -made steel and aluminum products, along with their derivative commercial products, such as machine parts and knitting needles. On the EU list on the EU list there were a number of other products, such as bourbon, agricultural products, leather products, home appliances and others.
After postponing, it is expected that these tariffs will come into force in mid -April.