The American president said on Sunday, February 2, that the two states had “exceeded” in terms of deficit, but he was more optimistic about the possibility of solving the problem with the United Kingdom.
President Donald Trump described as “atrocity“The 300 billion euros deficit of the European Union with the United States, while threatening the European Union and the United Kingdom with customs tariffs.
According to him, the situation with the United Kingdom “can be resolved “, adding that Prime Minister Keir Starmer and himself “get along very well “. On the other hand, he said that the EU was “Completely next to the plate“.
Donald Trump’s recent statements could further tender relations between the EU and the United Kingdom, while the British Prime Minister seeks to restore his relations with the European Union. He has to go to Brussels on Monday.
Addressing journalists at the Andrews military base in Maryland on Sunday, the American president said:
“”The United States has been defrauded by practically all countries of the world. “
On Saturday, he signed an imposing decree of customs duties raised on imports from Mexico, Canada and China.
He also threatened to impose higher customs duties elsewhere, declaring to journalists that import taxes would be “certainly applied “ to the European Union and perhaps also in the United Kingdom.
The decrees relating to the commercial sanctions signed on Saturday in its seaside resort of Florida caused a mixture of panic, anger and uncertainty, and threatened to break a commercial partnership several decades in North America, while aggravating the tensions with China.
According to Donald Trump, the Americans could feel “a certain pain” Due to the emerging trade war triggered by its customs tariffs.
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