‘Europe United’ As Trump’s America First Policy Ignites Trade War
June 2, 2018
European political leaders reacted furiously as the Trump administration followed through on its threat to impose swinging tariffs on European, Canadian and Mexican steel imports in the opening shots of an unprecedented trade war.
Our response to ‘America First’ can only be: ‘Europe United’,” the German foreign minister Heio Maas said in a statement.
“We cannot understand the U.S. decision to impose punitive tariffs on steel and aluminum for the EU, and reject it. The EU is prepared to respond appropriately with corresponding countermeasures,” he warned.