Posted on 06/22/2018 6:34:43 AM PDT by GonzoII
June 22 (UPI) — The European Union followed through Friday with new tariffs on more than $3 billion worth of imports from the United States, a response to steel and aluminum taxes set by President Donald Trump.
The 28-member bloc imposed a 25 percent tariff on about 200 American products, including steel, aluminum, corn, rice, orange juice, cigarettes, peanuts, cigars, T-shirts, cosmetics and clothing. A 10 percent tariff was also slapped on U.S.-made playing cards.
A 50 percent duty was leveraged on other select items like dishwashing machines, certain seagoing vessels and umbrellas.
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Wow!!! That is going to destroy the playing card industry!!!
Ban importing all vehicles from Europe.
Can’t we put a tariff on EU BS?
Or 10000% tariff on yourapee-n vehicles.
Whose foot is that gushing blood all over the floor?
“We will do whatever is required to protect European interests....”
Oh, the irony....
Maybe NK needs some of this stuff.
Lets see them grow their own oranges.
This wouldn’t be the same EU that currently luxuriates in the American nuclear umbrella over it, along with tens of thousands of US troops defending it from...other Europeans?
I’m sure DJT knew what was going to happen. It’s not over, til it’s over!
Beautiful
Nothing will grind their NWO to a halt like economic warfare.
Trump once again proves his genius and love for patriotism
Canada has also threatened to impose retaliatory tariffs on $12.5 billion worth of U.S. exports, starting July 1. Mexico has taxed U.S. products like pork, steel, cheese and whiskey.
Trump nailed it. Let's see who blinks first.
Title doesn’t match article.
Title:
EU makes good on threat to tax $3.2B in U.S. exports
Article’s first line:
June 22 (UPI) — The European Union followed through Friday with new tariffs on more than $3 billion worth of imports from the United States...
So, they are adding a tariff to IMPORTS from the US, not taxing EXPORTS to the US.
People need to really get their heads straight on the difference between exports and imports.
Embargo all imports of French wine and cheese
Fake news only swallowed total idiots.
The value added taxes (by the way they are constructed) amount to tariffs, with hokey phraseology to keep people who are not terribly competent at rudimentary math from noticing that they are tariffs.
The European Union has had tariffs all along.
So they are protecting the German Orange Juice industry. It is just a tax on their own people. Every country is so upside down with us on trade that they have no chance in a so called trade war. Everything is just for show. It doesn’t impact Trump’s plan at all.
I suppose there is a new tax on tourists. So will not go this year.
I don't think the billion of poverty-striken rice growers in China will be picking up the slack on Camembert.
Germany has a 19% VAT.
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