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America’s trade battle with Brussels is set to continue as Donald Trump considers a hike on the price of Perrier mineral water, Vespa motor scooters and Roquefort cheese as he hits back over the EU’s long-standing ban on hormone-treated American beef. Campaigners across the continent are now rallying to put pressure on the US and European Union to get back around the negotiating table before Mr Trump’s new trade representative, Robert Lighthizer, makes a decision. Rob Dingman, president of the American Motorcyclist association warned: “To basically jeopardise an entire industry for leverage is inappropriate.

GETTY Donald Trump has vowed to impose 100% trade tariffs

GETTY Vespa motor scooters will be hit by the price hike

“They're going to go and destroy this one industry and hope that’s enough to alter the trade preferences on the agricultural side.” Chris Pey, a lawyer who represents the cheese group Confederation Generale de Roquefort, told the Wall Street Journal: “It is going to hurt the mom-and-pop speciality cheese shops. “It could potentially double the prices of cheese that they have to get from their suppliers.” It comes as US beef producers accused Brussels of backtracking and say they have failed to keep to their end of a deal sealed in 2009. The World Trade Organisation in 1998 ruled an EU ban on imports of US beef violated WTO obligations and ordered a blanket ban.

GETTY Roquefort cheese will be included in the tariff hikes

But in 2009, the tariffs were suspended when Washington said they would allow American beef not treated with hormones into Europe. However US farmers say the deal has reached a stalemate after the EU failed to adequately open up its markets to US beef.

GETTY The EU has a long-standing ban on hormone-treated American beef