“US President Donald Trump said that if the European Union fails to fulfill its investment promises of $ 600 billion under an agreement with the United States, it will face 35%tariffs. Source: Trump in an interview with CNBC, reports Trump’s “European Truth”: “They bought their tariffs.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Trump in an interview with CNBC, reports “European Truth”
Direct Trump language: “They bought their tariffs. They paid $ 600 billion, and because of this I reduced their tariffs from thirty to fifteen percent, and several countries asked,” How is it, the EU pays less than we? “And I replied,” Well, because they gave me $ 600 billion. ”
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The details are: $ 600 billion, which I can invest in everything I want, in anything. I can do with them all I want. And the goal was that they know, they were ghosting us so many years that it was time to pay them and they had to pay. ”
What was before:
- At the end of July, the European Union and the United States concluded a political agreement, which provides for securing tariffs for European imports to the states at 15%.
- This was the result of many months of negotiations against the backdrop of threats from the United States to set duties on European goods in the amount of 30% from August 1, while the EU hoped to maintain the main rate of tariffs at 10%.
- The framework agreement also provides for compulsory purchases of US energy worth $ 750 billion, European investments in the United States worth $ 600 billion and additional orders for US -made military equipment.
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