The president of the United States, Donald Trump, revives within his erratic economic policy. One day after a great Trump is signed up, he returns to the load against his main ally. The president has assured this Friday that he has recommended imposing tariffs of 50% to the European Union since June 1 in a message loaded with demagogy and falsehoods, as usual in it. The reactivation of the commercial war by Trump
“The European Union, which was formed with the main objective of taking advantage of the United States in terms of trade, has been very difficult to deal with,” once again falsifying the historical origin of European institutions, which were created after World War II as a way of promoting cooperation and integration between those who had been enemies.
“Its powerful commercial barriers, VAT taxes, ridiculous sanctions to companies, non -monetary commercial barriers, monetary manipulations, unfair and unjustified demands against US companies, among other things, have caused a commercial deficit with the United States of more than 250,000 dollars a year [sic]a totally unacceptable figure, ”has continued, despite the fact that the European is one of the most open markets in the world.
The president has completely confused the commercial deficit data, encrypting it at 250 million dollars. The commercial deficit with the European Union in, according to US figures. The United States, however, has surplus in the balance of services, so that the global differential is small for the whole economic relationship.
After those lies and mistakes, Trump has launched his threat: “Our conversations with them do not lead anywhere! Therefore, I recommend a direct tariff of 50% to the European Union, as of June 1, 2025. No tariff will be applied if the product is manufactured or manufactured in the United States.”
Trump has answered some questions this Friday in the White House and has reiterated that idea that if they build plants in the United States, there will be no tariffs. Asked if it is possible to reach an agreement with the EU in the nine days left until June 1, he replied: “I am not looking for an agreement. I mean, I have set the agreement: 50%tariffs.” And about the possibility that something happens at that time that prevents that the 50%tariffs are imposed, has replied: “We will see what happens, but right now it will be June 1.”
Last European proposal
Trump’s warning is produced after, earlier this week, the EU shared with the United States a commercial proposal renewed in an attempt to reactivate negotiations that has not had much success.
The new framework includes proposals that take into account the interests of the United States, including international labor rights, environmental norms, economic security and gradual reduction until its total elimination of tariffs applied by both parties to agricultural products and no industrial products, according to Bloomberg. The proposal also outlined areas in which the United States and the European Union could cooperate, such as mutual investments and strategic hiring in energy, artificial intelligence and digital connectivity.
The president of the United States has been dictating tariff rules to his whim based on the circumstances, rectifying and contradicting himself at times. The new threat to the European Union comes when it has not passed even half of the 90 -day partial truce that he himself dictated to negotiate an agreement when the pressure of the markets forced him to beat in withdrawal.
Trump was also not able to endure the pulse to China, who adopted reprisals against US exports. The Treasury Secretary, Scott Besent, assumed that the tariffs that Washington had imposed on the Asian giant were unsustainable and that they were going to damage their economy and searched almost the desperate way of rectifying. After staging a negotiation in Switzerland, Trump reversed and presented it as a success. The United States has also signed a principle according to the United Kingdom, but without going down to details. There is no comprehensive commercial agreement signed with any country within 90 days.
Despite the uncertainty and damage that has already caused in the economy and despite the fact that the markets have already folded his pulse a couple of times, now Trump returns to the load with new energies. Their threats have lost some credibility, given their continuous changes of looking and their frequent rectifications, but continues to use tariffs at will as a pressure tool.
Trump has also launched threats this Friday against Apple. If the iPhone sells in the United States are not manufactured in the country. The Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, expressed a few weeks ago his desire to be in the United States.
The tariffs that Trump has dictated have been challenged by companies and states that consider that, in his authoritarian drift, the president is exceeding the powers attributed to him by the Constitution. The International Emergency Emergency Powers Law (IEEPA) allows the president to regulate imports and exports in response to certain non -war emergencies, while stressing that the triggering act should be an “unusual and extraordinary threat.”
Out of those cases, it is the congress that has the authority to establish tariffs. No other president had ever made a use of tariffs similar to Trump’s, which is forcing the limits of the Executive Power.
