Cabinet: import duties bad news for Dutch companies

Donald Trump wants to levy import duties on all European goods. How hard does this affect the Netherlands? “Surprise and upheaval”

Dutch companies are facing great uncertainty about the import duties that Trump has announced. They are convinced that they will have a negative impact, but to what extent, they are still in the dark. "They did expect tariffs, but the uncertainty is great. Will it go ahead, will it not go ahead. There is no line at all."

Foreign Trade Minister Klever wants to negotiate with the US within the EU to get them off the table.

Dutch brewers are very concerned about the high American import duties on products from the European Union. "This will only have losers on both sides, in the entire society and economy," reports the trade association Dutch Brewers.