Minister Eric Lombard tackles Donald Trump and his customs duties

In response to the European decision to tax American whiskey at 50%, Donald Trump threatened to impose 200% customs duties on wines and spirits from the old continent. The Minister of Economy, Eric Lombard, describes this escalation as “silly war”.

© Screen Capture France 2 – Eric Lombard, the Minister of the Economy, believes that Donald Trump is carrying out an “silly war”. Save save Receive the alerts Donald Trump how far the trade war launched by Donald Trump will go? After his offensive on imports of steel and aluminum, the President of the United States threatened to impose 200% customs duties on French and European wines and spirits. A response to the will of the European Commission to tax American whiskey 50%. Guest of France 2 This Friday, March 14, the Minister of the Economy, Eric Lombard, described this bidding as a “silly war”. “It is not a surprise, we know that Trump is a negotiator and that his way of negotiating, it is first to increase the ‘tariffs’, as he says, customs duties. And in these cases, we must put ourselves on an equal footing because it is a negotiation. So we’re going to do the same. It is an idiotic war, like all wars elsewhere, “he said. By continuing: “But if we want to be able to negotiate with him, we have to put ourselves on equal arms. So we will also set up the prices, it is a jurisdiction of the European Commission ”. Read also: Customs costs: calculation, amount and declaration “We will be in a climbing phase” “and after, we must discuss with the Americans to redo and the tension and the prices,” said the tenant of Bercy. According to him, “we are going to be in a climbing phase”. “They taxed European steel and aluminum at 25%. We answered, they respond again. It happened like that 8 years ago (during the first principal of Donald Trump, editor’s note), “said Eric Lombard. In this context of strong tensions, how can we find common ground? For the Minister of Economy, “it is a necessity for both sides, because the United States while doing this is hurt”. “Donald Trump acknowledged that the United States could be in recession this year, therefore in economic activity crisis, and for the United States, it is completely unusual,” he said. So will Donald Trum perform his threats? Receive our latest news every day, selecting the main news of the day. (tagstotranslate) Donald Trump

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