European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has reacted to US President Donald Trump’s announcement of 30 per cent duties on goods from the European Union.
“A 30 per cent tariff on EU exports will hurt businesses, consumers and patients on both sides of the Atlantic,” she wrote on social media X.
She said Brussels will continue to work to reach an agreement before 1 August, while ready to defend EU interests on the basis of proportional countermeasures.
US President Donald Trump said Washington will impose a 30% duty on goods from the European Union and Mexico from 1 August.
US President Donald Trump announced on 2 April that he would impose duties on goods from around the world that would be imported into the United States. The basic customs rate on imports of all foreign goods into the US will be 10 per cent. But for European Union countries, it will be 20%.
During the week, the decision was suspended until 9 July in order to reach trade agreements with other countries. Negotiations continued with the EU in particular.
Trump recently said that the deadline for imposing tariffs on imports from other countries, which expires on 9 July, for 1 August.