The US president is trying to test the bloc’s “pain threshold,” according to the news outlet
US President Donald Trump has ramped up his demands in trade talk with the EU and is pushing for a minimum tariff of between 15% and 20% in any deal with Brussels, the Financial Times reports, citing informed sources.
The negotiations between Brussels and Washington have been underway since early April, when Trump announced a set of measures aimed at protecting American manufacturers he called the ‘Liberation Day.’
They included a blanket 10% tariff on all imports from the EU and most other US trading partners. The duties have been put on hold pending…
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