It has been a long time since Donald Trump made noise about tariffs. This first of May has been the day. The president of the United States has denounced what considers “non-compliance” by the EU of the bipartite trade agreement and has announced a strong hand.
The measure advanced by Trump would imply raise tariffs on cars and trucks to 25% manufactured in the territory of the European Union when exported to the United States. Until now, the percentage was last summer in Scotland.
“I am pleased to announce that, given that the European Union is not complying with our fully agreed trade agreement, next week I will increase the tariffs applied to the European Union on cars and trucks entering the United States. The tariff will rise to 25%,” he wrote in his Truth Social, without providing the slightest evidence of the alleged non-compliance.
The measure represents, if effectively applied, a severe blow to community economiesgiven the importance of the automotive sector in EU exports.
In data from 2024, the European Union sent vehicles to the United States for an amount of 50,889 million euroscon Germany as a key country of this commercial activity. Berlin accounted for 64.27% of total exports, followed very far by Italy and Sweden.
