Yuri Kobzar15:20, 23.05.25
There are still no duties on imports from Russia, nor are there any new sanctions.
Having refused to impose new sanctions against Russia , Donald Trump has decided to impose a huge tariff on imports of goods from the European Union. The US president made the corresponding statement on his social network Truth Social .
He claims that the European Union “was formed with the main purpose of gaining an advantage over the United States in trade.” He also complained that Europeans are “very difficult to deal with.”
“Their powerful trade barriers, VAT, absurd corporate fines, non-monetary trade barriers, currency manipulation, unfair and unfounded lawsuits against American companies, etc. have resulted in a trade deficit with the United States of over $250,000,000 per year, which is a completely unacceptable number,” Trump wrote.
He complained that negotiations with the EU were getting nowhere, so he “recommends” to impose a direct 50% tariff on goods from the European Union, starting June 1 of this year.
Trump did not specify who his “recommendation” was addressed to. He had previously imposed tariffs through his own presidential decrees.
Trump’s tariff wars
As UNIAN reported, in early April, Trump announced additional tariffs on all imports to the US , but the specific tariff rate for each country was determined individually. At that time, the base tariff rate for goods from the EU was set at 20%.
Interestingly, Russia turned out to be one of the few countries in the world with which Trump did not impose any additional tariffs on trade .
The European Union quickly prepared a package of trade measures in response, but the parties soon agreed to temporarily freeze the introduction of mutual tariffs to give time to negotiate new trade terms.
(C)UNIAN 2025
NOT ON RUSSIA………
Trump about to crash the market again for his buddies?
I’m not sure where Krasnov got the $250,000,000 from. Here are the latest figures available.
The transatlantic trade relationship is the most important commercial relationship in the world.
EU-US trade in goods and services reached an impressive €1.6 trillion in 2023. This means that every day, €4.4 billion worth of goods and services cross the Atlantic between the EU and the US.
EU-US goods and services trade is balanced: the difference between EU exports to the US and US exports to the EU stood at €48 billion in 2023; the equivalent of just 3% of the total trade between the EU and the US.
Total bilateral trade in goods between the EU and the US reached €851 billion in 2023. The EU exported €503 billion of goods to the US market, while importing €347 billion; this resulted in a goods trade surplus of €157 billion for the EU.
Total bilateral trade in services between the EU and the US was worth €746 billion in 2023. The EU exported €319 billion of services to the US, while importing €427 billion from the US; this resulted in a services trade deficit of €109 billion for the EU.
The EU and the US are also major investment partners. EU and US firms have €4.7 trillion worth of investment in each other’s markets (2023 data).
US exports of goods and services to the EU support 2.3 million jobs in the US, and EU firms’ investments in the US employ 3.4 million people.
So Krasnov wants to destroy trade between the EU and US worth $1.6 trillion, to make great trade deals with mafia land. Here are the trade figures between the US and mafia land from last year. It shows a very interesting trade deficit that contradicts everything Krasnov is spewing.
U.S. total goods trade with Russia were an estimated $3.5 billion in 2024. U.S. goods exports to Russia in 2024 were $526.1 million, down 12.3 percent ($73.5 million) from 2023. U.S. goods imports from Russia totaled $3.0 billion in 2024, down 34.2 percent ($1.6 billion) from 2023. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Russia was $2.5 billion in 2024, a 37.5 percent decrease ($1.5 billion) over 2023.
Seems to be the plan F1.
Ftse was cruising along today; almost recovered from Krasnov’s last assault. Now in the last few minutes: dropping like a stone. Ditto DJI.
When is this putlerist criminal going to be arrested?
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I just hope the EU grows a pair of balls and reciprocate in kind.
Trump is a trojan horse intended to destroy the Empire, Ukraine and Nato.
TRUMP: WE HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH THE EU OF 250 MILLION DOLLARS!!!!!
THE EU WILL GIVE YOU AN OLD SECOND HAND PLANE GOLD COATED………..