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FOUND: Eu to react firmly on tariffs after trump says bloc was created to screw us | Mind Blowing Facts

New German cars at a logistics centre in Essen, Germany, 3 February 2025. Trump's threat of imposing a 25 percent tariff on European imports, including cars, would hit the German auto industry hard. © Martin Meissner/AP

The European Commission said it would will react "firmly and immediately" against what it would consider “unjustified" barriers to free trade after US President Donald Trump said he would announce a 25 percent reciprocal tariff on European imports.

In his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said the European Union was created to “screw” the United States, and said a 25 percent tariff on some European imports was in the works.

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