Trump says that the European Union and Mexico are facing a 30 % tariff of August

President Donald Trump has announced that the European Union and Mexico will face a 30 % tariff on imports to the United States from August 1.

He warned that he would impose higher import taxes if any of the American commercial partners decided to take revenge.

The 27 -member European Union – the largest commercial partner in America – said earlier this week that he hoped to agree on a deal with Washington before August 1.

Trump also said this week that the United States will impose a new tariff on goods from Japan, South Korea, Canada and Brazil, starting from August 1. Similar messages this week have been sent to a number of commercial partners in the smaller United States.

In the letter that was sent on Friday to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Layen, Trump wrote: “We had years to discuss our trade relationship with the European Union, and we concluded that we must stay away from this long, fixed, and counter -commercial deficit, which is generated by your tariff tariffs, policies and commercial policies.”

“Our relationship was, unfortunately, far from mutual,” the letter added.

The European Union was a frequent goal of Trump’s criticism. On April 2, a 20 % tariff for goods was suggested to the mass, as well as dozens of other commercial partners. Then he threatened to raise the European Union import taxes to 50 % while stopping commercial conversations.

Washington and Brussels were hoping to reach an agreement before the deadline on July 9, but there were no advertisements for progress.

In 2024, the American trade deficit with the bloc was 235.6 billion dollars (202 billion euros; 174 billion pounds), according to the US Trade Representative Office.

Von der Lin said that the European Union was ready to “continue working for an agreement by August 1.”

Its statement added, “A few economies in the world are identical to the level of openness and commitment to the European Union for fair trading practices.”

“We will take all the steps necessary to protect the interests of the European Union, including adopting the proportional counter measures if necessary.”

“It will not be logical to provoke a trade war between both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.”

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Shouf said on social media that the European Union “must remain united and firm” in its goal to reach a “useful” deal with the United States.

The German Automobile Industry Association has warned of the possibility of high costs of German car makers and suppliers, and said that “it is unfortunate that there is a threat to an additional escalation of the commercial conflict.”

In his message to the leader of Mexico, Trump said the country was not enough to stop North America, a “stadium that follows NARCO”.

“Mexico helped me secure the borders, but what Mexico did is not enough,” Trump added.

In his messages to the European Union and Mexico, Trump warned that if a commercial partner takes revenge on their import duties against the United States, he will review by raising the definitions by a similar percentage and exceeding 30 %.

Mexico responded to Trump’s threat on Saturday, describing it as a “unfair deal.”

Trump’s speech did not say whether the Mexican goods circulated in the USA and Canada agreement for 2020 would be exempted from the proposal height of August, as the White House said it would be the case with Canada.

Earlier this week, the White House sent a letter to Canada threatening a 35 % tariff.

As of Saturday, the Trump administration has now proposed tariff conditions on 24 countries and the European Union.

On April 12, White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro set a goal to secure “90 deals in 90 days”.

So far, the President has announced the outline of the company of two of these agreements with the United Kingdom and Vietnam amid continuous negotiations.