President Trump made the damning swipe while his country was embroiled in a trade war with China, highlighting just how furious he had been during negotiations with the EU a year earlier. He said in November that Brussels has imposed “terrible” trade barriers that are “in many ways worse than China”. He added: “Many countries charge us extraordinarily high tariffs or create impossible trade barriers. I’ll be honest, the European Union – very very difficult.”
President Trump made the damning swipe while his country was embroiled in a trade war with China, highlighting just how furious he had been during negotiations with the EU a year earlier.
He said in November that Brussels has imposed “terrible” trade barriers that are “in many ways worse than China”.
He added: “Many countries charge us extraordinarily high tariffs or create impossible trade barriers. I’ll be honest, the European Union – very very difficult.”
No such resolution has been found between Mr Trump and Brussels, however, as their trade deal collapsed amid their own disagreement.
n March 2018, the President announced he would hike tariffs on steel and aluminium coming from the EU.
The White House chief fanned the flames when he responded to widespread anger by jibing that “trade wars are good”. Then European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker promised a firm reaction as Brussels prepared for hefty economic hits.
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