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Trump attacks European trade partners who criticized tariff plans

President Trump signaled his willingness to wage a trade war by cranking up the volume Saturday on his attacks against European trading partners who threatened to retaliate over his plan to increase steel and aluminum 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.,” he tweeted. “They make it impossible for our cars (and more) to sell there. Big trade imbalance!”

The anti-Europe tweet followed a post in which Trump once again aired his trade grievances.

“The United States has an $800 Billion Dollar Yearly Trade Deficit because of our ‘very stupid’ trade deals and policies,” he wrote at 12:43 pm. “Our jobs and wealth are being given to other countries that have taken advantage of us for years. They laugh at what fools our leaders have been. No more!”





Trump said Thursday he would protect American metal producers by placing a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum.

Both Democrats and Republicans slammed him for the plan, which, critics say, could hike consumer prices and harm U.S. manufacturers who use the imported materials.





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