{"id":1835,"date":"2025-02-03T14:27:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2025-02-03T15:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:38:42","slug":"eu-states-pm-issues-tariff-threat-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/eu-states-pm-issues-tariff-threat-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"EU state\u2019s PM issues tariff threat to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bloc will have no choice but to retaliate if Washington targets its goods, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned<\/strong><\/p>\n

The EU will be forced to implement \u201crobust response\u201d<\/em> measures if the US imposes tariffs on the bloc\u2019s exports, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned on Monday.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the EU unless the bloc reduces its trade deficit with the US by significantly increasing purchases of American oil and gas. On Friday, Trump reiterated his threat, saying he \u201cabsolutely\u201d<\/em> plans to levy tariffs on the EU and claiming that the bloc \u201chas treated [the US] terribly\u201d<\/em> with its trade practices. He has not yet provided specific details regarding the targeted goods or the exact tariff rates, however.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters ahead of an informal meeting of EU leaders in Brussels, Frederiksen warned that Trump\u2019s insistence on placing levies on the bloc\u2019s goods could trigger a trade war.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not in favor of a trade war. I am actually in favor of the opposite, that we trade with each other… but it is clear that if there is very strong American pressure on the European market, we simply cannot do anything but respond harshly,\u201d<\/em> she stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, we will have to give a very robust response\u201d<\/em> to US tariffs, Frederiksen added, without disclosing what that response could entail. She warned, however, that the bloc\u2019s retaliatory measures would inevitably \u201caffect ordinary people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is going to affect employees and companies in the US, in Europe, in Canada and other places that are involved in this,\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/p>\n

Similar remarks were made by Frederiksen\u2019s EU peers, with French President Emmanuel Macron saying that if the bloc is \u201cattacked in terms of trade,\u201d<\/em> it \u201cwill have to stand up for itself and therefore react.\u201d<\/em> The prime minister of Luxembourg, Luc Frieden, said that the answer to tariffs would be \u201cto reply with the same action,\u201d<\/em> while Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk suggested the bloc should do all it can to avoid \u201ctotally unnecessary and stupid tariff wars.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Trump has already made good on some of his earlier tariff threats. Last week he announced a significant 25% duty on all imports from Mexico and most goods from Canada, as well as a 10% tariff on Chinese goods, effective February 4. He justified the measures by accusing the three countries of failing to stem the flow of migrants and illegal drugs into the US. Canada has already responded by imposing a 25% levy on US goods, and warned of further countermeasures. Mexico has also signaled it will implement retaliatory tariffs, while China said it plans to file a lawsuit disputing Trump\u2019s tariffs with the World Trade Organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The bloc will have no choice but to retaliate if Washington targets its goods, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned The EU will be forced to implement \u201crobust response\u201d measures if the US imposes tariffs on the bloc\u2019s exports, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned on Monday. US President Donald Trump has threatened to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1835"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1838,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions\/1838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}