US President Donald Trump has taken pursue the European Union ahead of the G20 summit in Japan on Friday .

In a meeting with Fox News on Wednesday , the president said Europe “treats us worse than China” and also annoying EU antitrust cases against tech giants.

“European nations were set up to take advantage of the United States. They have worse trade barriers than China,” Trump said.

Adding, Europe makes it “almost impossible to do two-way business”.

Trump has already threatened tariffs on the EU’s the automobile sector, a key export for Germany, which has put pressure on the industry.

The US president also returned to a familiar theme and took aim at the payments EU countries make to NATO.

“We pay for close to 100 percent of NATO, people don’t know that. Germany doesn’t pay what it’s supposed to pay,” he said