EU warns its commerce with US may very well be successfully worn out if Trump follows by way of on tariff risk

The European Union has warned that its commerce with the United States may very well be successfully worn out if Washington makes good on its risk to slap a 30% tariff on items imported from the bloc. A tariff of “30%, or anything above 30%… has more or less the same effect. So, practically it prohibits the trade,” Maroš Šefčovič, the EU’s commerce commissioner, stated as he arrived forward of an EU ministerial assembly in Brussels on Monday.

The EU is claimed to be looking for a preliminary settlement with the US that will enable it to lock in a ten% tariff price past an Aug. 1 deadline. Šefčovič stated it should “be almost impossible” for the bloc to proceed its present degree of commerce with America if that new tariff price is applied on August 1 – the date stipulated by US President Donald Trump in his letter to the EU on Saturday. #CNN #News