EU, Trump and Ursula von der Leyen
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A threatened 30% tariff on European wines would hurt many U.S. companies while hiking prices at home and in restaurants, industry experts warn.
President Trump plans to impose 30% tariffs on EU imports starting August 1, prompting French dairy leaders to warn of 'disastrous' impacts on their exports.
Confident that his right-wing populist policies would help win him favor with Trump’s administration, Orbán said in an interview in April that while tariffs “will be a disadvantage,” his government was negotiating “other economic agreements and issues that will offset them.”
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European leaders and business groups said Trump's plan to put 30% tariffs on its goods would raise prices and in some cases act as an embargo on certain goods.
April 9: Trump's higher "reciprocal tariffs" begin just after midnight. Hours later, the president says he is issuing a 90-day pause on those duties, except for China. Trump raises tariffs on Chinese goods from 104% to 145%, the highest rate so far this year.
Economists had already downgraded growth for the European Union, and the new duties would hit industries there especially hard. Companies are looking for ways to blunt the impact.