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EU approves more than €20 billion in retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.

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The European Union (EU) has agreed to impose retaliatory tariffs on a total of $21 billion worth of US goods in response to the US tariffs on steel and aluminium. The tariffs, which will be introduced in stages, will affect a range of products including nuts, soybeans, meat, iron, steel, textiles, tobacco, and ice cream.

    1. The EU considers U.S. tariffs unjustified and damaging, causing economic harm to both sides, as well as the global economy.
    1. Of course, when needed, we have to also protect our industry and for our citizens and we are currently also preparing those measures.
    2. We don't want to have tariffs, we want to negotiate.
    1. Such measures would cause further damage to [the] European economy and citizens by raising prices. The only way forward is negotiations, not retaliation.
    1. This is a trading relationship that matters, and Europe has been very clear: we are up for a deal.
    1. If Trump escalates in front of our countermeasures, it will be inevitable to bring services into the discussion, which will hurt America and make more people [in the U.S.] realize that the president is going in the wrong direction.
    1. My feeling is that, at this stage, it is more of a decision of the U.S. administration to transform the global trading system, and they see the tariffs as a corrective measure for many of [their] political goals.
    1. I think they are looking at this as, 'There is damage being created, but we should be careful not to add damage to damage,'
    1. They must strike a balance between the necessary political response — demanding that the US stop its actions and adopting countermeasures — and the economic reality that implementing tariffs could ultimately be counterproductive for the European economy.
EU approves more than €20 billion in retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.