Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs on products from the European Union “very soon”

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said Sunday that in a short time tariffs will be applied to the products of the European Union (EU)after having imposed this weekend new taxes to Mexico, Canada and China.

“They are really taking advantage of us. You know, we have a deficit of 300,000 million dollars. They do not take our cars or our products AGrIclas, practically nothing and we get everythingmillions of cars, huge levels of agricultural products, ”said the president to journalists.

Then, he added: “I don’t have a calendar, but it will be very soon.”

This measure occurs after President Donald Trump chose to apply new tariffs to Mexico, Canada and China, with the objective of counteracting the commercial deficit and controlling the flow of immigrants on the borders.

The provision imposes a 25 % tariff on all the products of Mexico and most of those from Canada, as well as 10 % to imported goods from China. In simple terms, This implies that most American citizens will face an increase in prices of a wide variety of products.

“Will there be some pain? Yes, perhaps (and maybe not), ”Trump wrote in his social truth network, one day after having established customs tariffs. “We will make the United States great again, and it will be worth all the cost we must pay”he added.

Before tariffs, which must go into force on Tuesday, the three countries have promised reprisals, while analysts They warn that a commercial war will reduce the growth of the United States and raise consumer prices in the short term.

From before his investiture, Trump claims that the three main shopping partners of Washington do not take sufficient measures to curb irregular migration and fentanyl traffic, a powerful opioid, so it raises tariffs as a pressure measure.

In the case of Mexico, the White House announced the imposition of rates until the country “cooperates with the United States in the fight against drugs,” since Mexican posters “are the main world traffickers of fentanyl, methamphetamine and other drugs” towards their territory.

He even accused the Mexican government of having “an alliance” with drug traffickers and offering them “safe shelters.”

The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, asked her Minister of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, that in response a “plan B” is implemented that would include possible “tariff measures.”

Then, the leftist president said in a video on the social network X that Monday will give details about those reprisals And he assured that he waits for Trump’s response to his proposal to form a work table on migration and drug trafficking.

“Accusing the Mexican government of the Narco’s ally is, in addition to an offense to our country, a pretext to distract public opinion of the United States of Tremendous mistake of imposing disruptive rates on Mexico and North American companies ”, His secretary Ebrard also said in X.

In another publication, Trump reiterated his desire for Canada to become the 51st state of the United States, increasing tensions with one of its closest allies.

The United States pays “hundreds of billions of dollars to subsidize Canada,” Trump said. “Without this massive subsidy, Canada ceases to exist as a viable country. Therefore, Canada should become our beloved state number 51 ″, accurate.

The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, said he will impose 25 % of rates for selected US goods for a value of 106.6 billion dollars in a first round of measures on Tuesday, followed by a second in three weeks.

Leaders from several Canadian provinces have also announced retaliation actions such as the immediate suspension of purchasing of liquors in the United States.

A source of the Canadian government said that Canada He will present-in addition-a claim to the World Trade Organization (WTO) given the “violation of the United States commercial commitments” and the T-MEC treaty, which he shares with Mexico.

Ottawa will also present a resource within the framework of the T-MEC.

Meanwhile, China said Sunday that it “firmly opposes” the new rates imposed and promised to take the “countermeasures”, also including a resource against Washington in the WTO.

“China hopes that the United States will observe and face their own problems, such as fentanil, instead of threatening other countries with tariffs,” said the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Beijing.

*With AFP information.