Washington, May 23, 2025 (AFP) - Trump fires new 50% tariff threat at EU, drawing stiff response

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President Donald Trump rekindled the US trade war on Friday, threatening to impose a 50 percent tariff on the European Union ahead of planned trade talks -- and drawing a strong response from European politicians. The new duties on Brussels would, if imposed, dramatically raise Washington's current baseline levy of 10 percent, and fuel simmering tensions between the world's biggest economy and its largest trading bloc. Lamenting that negotiation......

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