There Commercial war of duties Between States United And Europe has officially started, with the president Donald Trump Which has shown that he is not intent on taking steps back on the high rates set to all states of the world to export products and goods to the States. The European Union studies the counter -moves that will be made known on April 15th. According to what is anticipated, US products will end up in the European sights for a total value of 22 billion euros (smaller figure compared to the 26 announced), with the against duties that will be of 25 and 10%. These are overflows that will be applied above all on the so -called icon products of the United States, from jeans to motorcycles Harley Davidson, passing through peanut butter.
Jeans, motorcycles and luxury yachts
There is a real list of US products that will have to be above in Europe, unless Trump decides to take a step back. In the’EU list The against duties are mainly indicated products symbol of US exports, with European and Italian consumers they will pay, specifically, more to buy the Levi’s jeansas well as motorcycles Harley Davidson and GLThe luxury yachts. Not excluded will also be thesteel and thealuminum.
Similar speech also affects more consumption products, such as the orange juicethe famous peanut butter American and the shirts of cotton and fabrics which are produced in the United States and exported to Europe.
Bourbon and Survelcolic
From the list of against EU duties have been eliminated, at least for the moment, the customs codes relating to the bourbonto the spirits And to wine. It is a passage made in the name of caution, given that Trump has threatened 200% retaliation on Champagne and European wines if the European Union had decided for a 50% duty on Made in the USA Superilycol.
To push Brussels to this decision were above all the pressures of Italy, France and Ireland that would have accused the retaliation by the American side.
The second list of duties is worth 18 billion
The EU moves described could become operational as early as 1April 5, 2025 – for a total value of 4 billion – and correspond to the countermeasures that the EU had already prepared in 2018 and 2020 in response to the duties applied by the first Trump administration. These interventions had then been frozen thanks to the commercial truce signed with his successor of the Tylccoon at the White House Joe Biden.
In addition there is a second wave of duties which, however, could be applied on May 15 in the event of non -success of the negotiations with the United States. The second interventionat least according to current data, can be more full -bodied for a total value of 18 billion.
In the second tranche they will become target of the EU duties the milkdairy products and yogurt, as well as household appliances, plastic, wood, poultry, beef, eggsugar, vegetables, seafood, frozen fish, chewing tires, ginger, curry and soybean.
Furthermore, it cannot be excluded that under the EU dice they can also end up US products such as shampoo, toothpaste and medicines.
