Donald Trump he announced retaliation to the decisive countermeasures of the European Union after the American duties announced yesterday. “Obviously we will reply,” he told journalists during the meeting with Irish premier Michael Martin at the White House. “We will no longer get mistreated,” he assured.
THE duties introduced byEU They will hit products Americans for a value of 26 billion dollars. This is what the explains the European Commission regarding the move of Brussels In response to American duties on steel And aluminum.
The European rates they will enter the field from April 1st and will be fully operational by 13 of the same month. There Commission explains that the April 1st there suspension from the countermeasures existing against United States for the 2018 and the 2020. Secondly, it will present a package of New countermeasures on US exportswhich will come into force by mid -April.
THE’European Union officially enters commercial war against United Statesresponding to the American choice to introduce duties of 25% onsteel and theEuropean aluminum (including i derivative products). Beyond ‘thaw’ the rates who were blocked in a previous one agreement for a value of about 4.5 billion eurosputs one on the table new list Of American products which could be affected by duties For an overall value up to 21 billion euros.
There listofficially presented by European Commissionis still the subject of consultations with the Member States and the interested partiesbut it already focuses clearly to sectors high value symbolic And politics forUS economy.
Second Brusselstheapproach adopted is “intelligent»: Hit where it does bad to United Statesbut limiting the minimum the damage forEuropean industry. “We don’t want penalize ourselves, but react so stopped to a measure that we consider profoundly wrong», He explained a high European official.
Among the products included in the list (still in the process of definition): the soycoming in particular from States like the Louisianafiefdom of the Speaker of the Mike Johnson Chamberalready the subject of retaliation by others Villages. Beef And poultrykey sectors for States majority republican like the Nebraska and the Kansas. Industrial productslike ovens, stoves, freezers, tosaerbaall assets for which theEU he believes he has internal alternatives. The iconic Harley-Davidsonalready a target of precedents European countermeasuresfor which Brussels encourage the alternatives made in Europe.
And again: wooden productsfundamental for theeconomy Of States as Georgia, Virginia And Alabamadeemed strategic inputs for the US manufacturing sector.
THE’objectiveexplain from Brusselsis clear: «hitting crucial sectors forUS economymany of which are located in politically sensitive stateswithout damage theEuropean interest».
The packagedescribed as “balanced», It will be activated starting from mid -Aprilafter completing the Technical procedures And policies.
Meanwhile, the window for i negotiations with Washington remain openbut theEU let it be ready to be ready to negotiate, react and also a suckif necessary.