Mexico, Donald Trump and European Union
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President Donald Trump has posted two new letters on his social media platform announcing tariffs on the European Union and Mexico.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to impose new 30% tariffs on Mexico and the European Union effective from Aug. 1, launching the latest salvo in his ongoing trade war.
President Donald Trump posted letters to the leaders of Mexico and the European Union, saying they had not done enough to head off the new tariffs.
The European Union braced on Friday for a possible letter from U.S. President Donald Trump outlining planned duties on the United States' largest trade and investment partner after a broadening of his tariff war in recent days.
It shows that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S. leader’s use of tariffs.
Trump slapped a 50% tariff on Brazil, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his country would respond.
The president also decided to send out letters as a way to keep the pressure up.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that there needed to be a “genuine rebalancing” in the China-Europe relationship.