EU Defies Trump: "We Are Very Confident" – Counter-Tariffs Are Not Excluded

Donald Trump has further fueled the customs dispute with his announcement to impose 50 percent tariffs on the EU in June. An EU politician is now bringing counter-tariff duties into play.

Following the escalation in the tariff dispute with the EU announced by US President Donald Trump, Bernd Lange (SPD), the chief trade policy expert in the European Parliament, is threatening countermeasures from the European Union. Donald Trump's intention is clear, Lange told the newspapers of the Funke Media Group (Saturday edition). "He wants to put pressure on the European negotiating position. But that won't succeed," said the chairman of t…