Bloc’s leaders also promise to protect EU interests after US president announces escalation in aggressive trade policy

Summary

The EU and its leaders warned of swift retaliation if Donald Trump enacts new 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, as he announced over the weekend.

The European Commission criticized the move as “unjustified” and vowed to protect EU businesses.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged countermeasures, with Macron warning tariffs would also hurt the U.S.

The UK government said it was monitoring developments, while UK Steel called the potential tariffs “devastating.” The EU previously responded to Trump-era tariffs with retaliatory measures.

  • @motor_spiritEnglish
    31•21 hours ago

    Americans voted for a Daddy and got a fraudulent, incontinent trash slut of a switch

    Please be the domineering, consistent, assertive Daddy these children want and need. They’re hungry, thirsty, eager to please 🥺

    Save us EU you’re our only hope

    • @[email protected]English
      1•6 hours ago

      The only possible liberation is self liberation.

      We need to cast off our chains, ourselves.

    • @ByteJunkEnglish
      4•9 hours ago

      For some, the only way they’ll ever learn is going nose first into a brick wall.

      I only hope that trump crashes the US very quickly, but with the help of enough billionaires so that when the people rise up, they all get taken down and it becomes a better place.

      There’s no other way now that the institutions have fallen.

    • @ShittyBeatlesFCPresEnglish
      11•18 hours ago

      I feel like Trump voters knew exactly who and what they were voting for. Everyone told them, including Trump. Project 2025 was available for everyone to read but Trump even said, “To me the most beautiful word in the dictionary is 'tariff’.” There were no secrets this election.

    • @Lost_My_MindEnglish
      17•20 hours ago

      …this comment makes me uncomfortable…like switches are some kind of an unsult! Switches are great! More variety!

      • @motor_spiritEnglish
        2•18 hours ago

        Switches make the world go round! (Part of) the problem is the foolish masses and the charlatan

    • @JivebunnyEnglish
      3•20 hours ago

      Nah, pull yourselves up by your bootstraps.

      • @motor_spiritEnglish
        6•19 hours ago

        All we’ve got is tampon strings and broken lawnmowers