Trump threatens EU with auto tariffs

Published March 3, 2018 6:52pm ET



President Trump threatened to impose tariffs on the European Union, in what would be an economic counter-strike to Europe’s expected response to impending steel tariffs.

“If the E.U. wants to further increase their already massive tariffs and barriers on U.S. companies doing business there, we will simply apply a Tax on their Cars which freely pour into the U.S,” the president tweeted Saturday afternoon.

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