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With the Trump administration setting 15% as a floor for tariffs, companies and economists are warning of higher prices later this year.
European Union countries have expressed broad support for one round of 30% retaliatory tariffs if the United States does not reach a trade deal with the EU.
The European Union could hit the United States with counter-tariffs on 93 billion euros ($109 billion) worth of U.S. goods if the two sides fail to reach a trade deal by Washington's August 1 deadline for imposing import levies.
The EU – the United States' biggest trading partner – had been scheduled to impose "countermeasures" starting Monday at midnight in Brussels
A threatened 30% tariff on European wines would hurt many U.S. companies while hiking prices at home and in restaurants, industry experts warn.
The European Union is heading towards a trade deal with Washington that would result in a broad 15% tariff on EU goods imported into the U.S., avoiding a harsher 30% levy slated to be implemented from August 1,
In fact, the higher costs on imports has trickle-down consequences for Texas industries.
According to sources from the Commerce Ministry cited in the TNIE report, a delegation of US negotiators is expected to visit India in the latter half of August to continue discussions on the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). The looming tariff pressure underscores the urgency of reaching an understanding.
President Donald Trump released two tariff letters on Saturday, imposing duties of 30% on products from Mexico and the European Union.
Confident that his right-wing populist policies would help win him favor with Trump’s administration, Orbán said in an interview in April that while tariffs “will be a disadvantage,” his government was negotiating “other economic agreements and issues that will offset them.”