United States president Donald Trump, threatened Tuesday with imposing 35% tariffs on the European Union If the block does not invest US $ 600,000 million that agreed to inject the economy of the North American country.
Asked in the CNBC chain about what consequences the EU could suffer if it does not meet its share of the commercial pact closed with Washington at the end of July, the president warned that the twenty -seven “Then they will pay tariffs of 35%.”
Trump, in addition, referred to the amount agreed as a “Gift” with which your government “can invest in whatever.”
The agreement between the US and the EU of 30% to 15% the tariffs that Trump imposed to the block and will enter into force on August 8, seven days after planned.
The EU was one of the last actors that reached a commercial agreement with Washington, What was reflected in Trump’s executive order, which set the tariff for most European products at 15%.
This percentage was announced as part of an agreement between Trump and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenwith which they intended to avoid a commercial war and the threat of imposition by Washington of a general tariff to community imports of 30%.
The pact also sets “zero tariffs” in various products, as well as European strategic purchases valued at US $ 750,000 millionoil, nuclear energy or artificial intelligence chips; Investments in the US economy of US $ 600,000 million and an increase in the acquisitions of US military material.
The 15% tariff limit includes the applicable taxes of the most favored nation (NMF) except in cases where the these are greater than 15% and, in such cases, the highest NMF tariff type will be applied and the treatment will continue to be the same as the period before April 2.
