London – The European Union responded on Wednesday on Trump’s administrative metal tariffs, said member countries would place a countermeasure of around 26 billion euros, or around $ 28 billion, US goods.
The US in the middle of the night began to impose a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports from all trading partners, without exceptions or exceptions, the White House said.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said in statement that EU “must act to protect consumers and business.”
“Tariffs are taxes. They are bad for business, and even worse for consumers,” said Von Der Leyen. “This tariff disrupts the supply chain. They bring uncertainty to the economy. Work is at stake. Prices will rise. In Europe and in the United States.”
A worker moved a steel product in North York Iron, a steel supplier in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 11, 2025.
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European steps are designed to match the scope of US tariffs, which according to the European Union will be worth around $ 28 billion. The countermeasures are expected to begin on April 1 and fully take effect on April 13, said the commission.
“Meanwhile, we will always remain open to negotiations,” said Von Der Leyen.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke to members of the European Parliament about new plans to increase defense expenditure agreed at the Summit last week, Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Eastern France.
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Countermeasures consist of two steps, the first is to recover on April 1, a set previously suspended 2018 and 2020 Management against the US in various products.
For the second step, member countries will then be implemented in mid-April new prevention targeting US goods worth around 18 billion euros entering the block.
Completion of new prevention will target industrial and agricultural products, including steel and aluminum, household appliances, wood products, poultry, beef and other food imports, according to Fact Sheet Released on Wednesday.
Maros Sefcovic, Commissioner of the European Union Trading, said European officials would continue to work with their US colleagues towards the “win-win” results, but “tariffs that cannot be justified in our exports will not be answered.”
“We have to make this great relationship stronger, not weaker,” he said in a statement.