L’UE per ridurre le ritorsioni contro le tariffe di acciaio statunitense
https://www.ft.com/content/44ea27d8-f166-41e5-b347-dbd39dc9b7de
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L’UE per ridurre le ritorsioni contro le tariffe di acciaio statunitense
https://www.ft.com/content/44ea27d8-f166-41e5-b347-dbd39dc9b7de
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from FT: https://www.ft.com/content/44ea27d8-f166-41e5-b347-dbd39dc9b7de
>EU to reduce retaliation against US steel tariffs
>The EU is reducing its retaliation against US steel tariffs after member states lobbied to protect their industries.
>EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said it would hit less than the planned €26bn in US goods with duties after he had listened to governments.
>“We are not in the business of tit-for-tat” retaliation, he told reporters, with EU measures now less than the US ones. France and Italy asked for bourbon whiskey and other products to be removed, fearing US counter measures.
>The final list of goods will be sent to member states today and they will vote on April 9.
Cowards
This is absolutely PATHETIC
Fucking pussies
US isn’t interested in a fair deal, this will just make them even more bold and unreasonable.
They understand VAT, they want US companies to dominate and for production to be done in their country and probably more, like Greenland too.
Name one reasonable deal any country got from US since this admin took office, because there is none and there probably won’t be any.
Are there any specific details in the changes? Protecting industries that are thought to be weaker is not a bad move. Nobody actually wins with tariffs anyway, so why try to saw off my own leg completely in attempts to hurt the other dumbass who already sawed off his own?
Let our tariffs be specific and let them be the dumbasses.
I just wont buy American products for a long time. Tariffs or not.
We showed weakness once more
FFS, so weak I’m utterly disgusted.
Anyway, it was expected and I’m cheering for China. I hope the US falls face first for all the havoc they have created over the last decades.
Those people are spineless. China will make a deal with Trump faster than Eu because of their firm stance and Eu is going to get extorted and humiliated. Again.
I suspect the commenters here saying this is weakness aren’t actually in the room where the negotiations are happening. If any of you are, feel free to correct me.
Canada and China has more balls than the EU it seems
Of course they caved. Knowing EU, they would probably get bullied by Heard Island and McDonald Islands as well.
I cannot find anything closer to what this “article” is saying. Actually quite the opposite – [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-prioritises-talks-with-us-get-trumps-tariffs-removed-2025-04-07/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-prioritises-talks-with-us-get-trumps-tariffs-removed-2025-04-07/)
Pathetic
Right now, only the EU and China are in the position to retaliate and work together to save the multilateral trade regime as well as the international rules-based order. India and Indonesia, two G20 countries, already decided not to retaliate. The likes of Japan and South Korea are unlikely to retaliate because they are dependent on the US for security against China.
The problem is that if the EU wants to be tough and retaliate, it has to be prepared for a much worse economic crisis, which won’t be pretty. Trump just announced an additional 50% tariff on China, meaning it will be 104%. He already threatened 200% tariff on French champagne and wine, so now France, despite all the tough chest-thumping from Macron, wants exemptions on Bourbon. I think all these exemptions are useless, the moment the EU announced a retalatory measure, Trump will escalate like crazy, and the EU needs to be prepared for that eventuality when announcing the retalatory measure.
This will show him about our robust response!
People who are calling the EU coward don’t understand that just placing tariff upon tariff will hurt us as well. We need people who aren’t blinded by hate to strike where it hurts, and showing things down gives them time to figure out what to do.
The EU should take note of what is happening with the Ukraine deal with the US. If keeps appeasement strategy will only enbolden Trump.
Asymmetric responses that have impacts in the US are way better than putting import taxes on US goods IMHO.
Doesn’t really say it like that on this side of the pond
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/07/eu-ministers-meeting-response-trump-tariffs-trade-latest-updates-news
This is so pathetic. The number 1 economic region should not act in this way.
The omission of Russia, Belarus and North Korea from Trump’s tariffs are a clear indication that he is a Russian asset if that is true then his goal is not negotiation or reconfiguring trade imbalances it is purely about weakening those opposed to Putin. Of the EU takes a soft approach we will regret it we need to hit them hard and force political change in the US the voters need to see the consequences of voting for a Russian puppet.
Why tf? You’ve got to play it hard against Trump. It’s all he understands. Chickening out now and giving him what he wants (or even just something he could sell to his base as a victory) is only going to make things worse.
FUCK OF. This is such bullshit.
For once you think “Hey we can use this for ourself, this is THE opportunity to support the EU and put it above the US” and these piece of shit Chickens do something like this.
This makes me dislike the EU. I WANT to fight back
A very EU response. Maybe they should wag their fingers some more? It might help.
These are not the latest tarrifs, mind. It’s about the older Steel and Aluminium Tariffs. I understand the insanity is hard to keep up with.
Are you people done talking like Trump voters? The EU leaders are smart, read the damn message, the EU is always ready for a good deal, it projects stability and shows that the EU is willing to trade, if the US takes this olive branch and shoves it up their ass then the EU still comes out looking like a trusty business partner, and there is nothing stopping the EU from enacting tariffs as a last resort.
Furthermore 0 for 0 would benefit the EU more than it would benefit the US, we export more to them, they beat us with services.
Classic european response lol
So Europe still has no idea how to deal with bullies?
Extremely disappointed in the EU. The US is divided over these tariffs, even among republicans. We need to apply maximum pressure at this moment, any win will be used to justify worse. It’s not the time to show weakness.
Outrage after outrage after outrage… but he still gets the win. Every single salaried and wage worker everywhere is completely screwed.
So much posturing, only to be a wet fart
THIS IS NOT THE RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL 10% TARIFFS.
This is still the response from the earlier tariffs placed on steel and aliminium. Trump is just moving so quickly that the EU doesn’t even have time to meet on whatever new set of tariffs has implemented.
Folded like a lawn chair
We have weak leaders, very weak.
The link just says something about china.
God knows how many real users there are commenting on this thread and how many do so without any interest in creating a story. The proportion of disappointed and defeated comments before starting is suspicious and favors those you already know.
why is the EU once again considering chickening out? All of the EU spoke out saying they wont tolerate bullying by the orange man but here we are slowly falling into old habbits of doing whatever big OL’ USA tells us to.
The US will subcome to the rest of the world when behaving like a dictatorship. China, mexiko, canada, everyone understands, but the EU, well well well.
Right, so this is a paywalled news sources, I’m checking alternatives ones amd they all seem to say that the EU is proposing “zero-for-zero”/bilateral exemptions for tariffs on US industrial produces. If anybody has the OP’s article I’d be interested to read it.