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E.U. Nations Plan Retaliatory Tariffs Against Trump and U.S., but Would They Do It?

European Union officials have drawn up plans to impose levies on American imports, but questions abound about whether they would go through with them.

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Shipping containers at a port in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. European Union officials say that if President Trump follows through on his tariff threats, it could upend trans-Atlantic trade.

E.U. Says Trump’s Threat of 30% Tariffs Would Hobble Trade With U.S.

The bloc’s trade commissioner says the two sides were close to a deal before the president last week threatened to impose a 30 percent levy.

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Maros Sefcovic, the European Union trade commissioner, said that the bloc thought it was close to a trade deal with Trump administration last week.
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