European Union

President Donald Trump's increased tariffs on all U.S. steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign to reorder global trade in favor of the U.S. and drawing swift retaliation from Europe, Reuters reported. Trump's action to bulk up protections for American steel and aluminum producers restores effective global tariffs of 25% on all imports of the metals and extends the duties to hundreds of downstream products made from the metals, from nuts and bolts to bulldozer blades and soda cans.
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President Trump’s plan to target countries with so-called reciprocal tariffs is “a step in the wrong direction,” the European Commission said on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported. The European Union’s executive arm said the bloc has some of the lowest tariffs in the world and sees no justification for increased U.S. tariffs on its exports. Such measures amount to a tax on U.S.
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