The United States threatened the European Union with a 17% tariff for agricultural products, in which it is the last commercial escalation and on the eve of the term on July 9, provided by Donald Trump to enter into force, to enter into commercial taxes suspended in April, in accordance with the progress of progress Financial timesField
The purpose of President Trump would be Start regulatory benefits for large North American companies and close a commercial deficit It is held between both powers.
It is unclear that the new tariffs are a reduction in 20% tariffs for all European products that will enter into force on July 9, if there is no commercial agreement between the United States and the community bloc.
The President of the United States Donald Trump insisted on letters that they would send to all countries with which he did not close the commercial agreement, as happened in recent days with Great Britain and Vietnam. The United States also maintain a truce with China.
How assembled Wall Street JournalNotifications will be sent to countries until July 9. This is the deadline imposed by the White House to put an end to 90 -day breaks at the “mutual” tariffs that were first announced in April. Trump added that the tariffs will enter into force at the beginning of the next month, declaring the press on Thursday evening: “”They will start paying August 1“Trump said that the United States is ready to notify many commercial partners about the one -sided introduction of tariffs up to 70?%.
“We are going to start sending letters to several countries from tomorrow,” Trump explained to reporters. “We will probably send from 10 to 12 years tomorrow, and in the next few days I think that until July 9 they will be covered. And tariffs will vary from 60 or 70?% To 10 or 20?%. ”
