She mentioned Europe would assess the tariffs, and anticipated that additional measures would arrive from the White Home within the coming days. Trump has stepped again from implementing tariffs on America’s allies and adversaries a number of occasions since his Jan. 20 inauguration.
“We’re signing at present,” Trump mentioned of the protectionist tariffs. “It goes into impact April 2. We begin accumulating on April 3.”
Whereas von der Leyen’s language was guarded, she left little doubt that the EU is ready to retaliate.
“The EU will proceed to hunt negotiated options, whereas safeguarding its financial pursuits,” she mentioned. “As a serious buying and selling energy and a robust neighborhood of 27 Member States, we’ll collectively defend our staff, companies and shoppers throughout our European Union.”
The tariffs, if applied, might be felt world wide. The USA imported $214 billion price of passenger automobiles in 2024, together with from non-European allies like Japan, Mexico and South Korea.
