On Thursday, President Trump said on Thursday midnight that he would come after the European Union and Canada if they gathered to “cause economic damage to America, opening a new front in the store in the store.
“If the European Union cooperates with Canada to cause the US economic damage to the US, the big tariffs, far greater than planned, will be on both of them to protect the best friend whom each of the two countries ever had!” Mr. Trump wrote.
Mr. Trump’s post creates a new problem for the European Union, which is already trying to respond to his tariffs on steel, aluminum, cars and potentially spreads a series of goods and services.
The United States is by far the most important partner for trading in Europe, and the prospect of worse trading conditions has left the European Union to negotiate. But Trump’s administration showed a little appetite to make an agreement so far.
“In the end, as one hand is said, one hand cannot clap,” Maros Sefcovic, Commissioner for the European Union trade, said.
This left Europeans trying to hit new alliances and deepen their existing trade relations. And concerns about the change of President Trump to military support forced partners like the European Union and Canada closer. Canada is already working to provide industrial support for European incentives.
