Orange, whiskey, tobacco, motorcycles ...

The European Union prepared an impressive arsenal of a countermeanter in response to a trading war declared by Trump

“We do not understand how the countries of the European Union, the allies of NATO Americans can pose a threat to the US national security,” the Cecilia Malstere commissar exclaimed with a mocking smile.

Trump's intention to introduce increased tariffs for some European goods, and for “reasons of national security”, caused sarcastic criticism in Brussels. Trump policy on the principle of “America, first of all,” entered Clinch with the EU strategy, whose vector is a controlled inclusion in the globalization process. The EU wants to reduce barriers in world trade and investments. Trump's "Economic Nationalism" causes a grin in Europe.

The mixture with laughter, but Europeans seriously and with concern perceived the threat of a trade war. They are especially frightened by increasing duties on European steel (by 25%) and aluminum (by 10%) - which threatens with a deep decline in the EU metallurgical industry, masses of layout.

The head of the European Council, Donald Tusk, will conduct the EU summit on March 22 and 23, on which this topic is one of the main ones. The leaders of the Union will discuss the threat of "serious trade disputes."

Tusk criticized Trump with his theory of "good and easy trade war." “Everything is quite the opposite,” he remarked. “Trade wars are bad and easily played.”

He said this after the EU Executive Board politically authorized the list of American goods subject to taxes of 25% in response to Trump's decision. Their EU purchases 2.8 billion euros per year in the USA.

On Thursday, waiting for news from Washington, the Finance Commissar Pierre Moskaznaya spoke about the impressive arsenal of Reter prepared by Brussels. Among them are an increase in imported duties on American oranges, tobacco, bourbon whiskey, peanut oil, Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Brussels almost does not hide the political binding of its measures. They are quite “targeted”. Harley-Davidson is a visconsin, the patrimony of the Republican speaker of Congress Paul Ryan. Belgian importers of elite alcohol are transported from the "Republican" Kentukka. It is difficult to say how heavy the tariff blow to Kentucky will be, but Belgian importers of Bourbon can go broke.

Under Obama, the Europeans almost entered into an unprecedented agreement on transatlantic partnership with America.

It would become a "song of globalization." The epoch -making agreement was in a hurry to sign Obama until the end of the presidential term, but did not have time. Trump buried him.

While Trump surrounds America with trading barriers, the EU continues to keep a course to open markets, concluding free trade agreements with countries and regional organizations. Both bilateral and multilateral. Eleven countries will soon sign an agreement on a Pacific trade partnership in Chile. At first, the United States was the central figure of this project, but then Trump again refused to sign the document as “discriminatory” infringing America.

Most Brussels experts doubt that the only increase in tariffs for steel and aluminum from the EU will cause a world trade war. But they indicate a risk that can create a further US offensive on China’s trade interests. The war is so war, and Beijing, usually restrained in economic relations with America, threatens it with an increase in imported tariffs for the American Soil. “Especially in the light of today's globalization, the choice of trading war is a mistake,” warns the Chinese Foreign Minister of the Chinese, the Chinese, the Chinese issued their concern to the WTO, where another 17 members of this organization supported them.

Brussels experts do not forget to cover the threat of Trump with prohibitive duties of the import of European cars if the EU goes to return steps. All this threatens to unwind the "military" spiral. “We do not want escalation at all,” said the Malsteret commissar in this regard. “But if this happens, we will take measures to protect our jobs.”

The hope that Washington will come to their senses, expressed the Minister of Economy of Germany Brigitte Tsipris. The British, who, with the exit from the EU “to the will” want to quickly integrate into the open world economy, take, as in the old days, leadership positions in world trade are also disappointed with the plans of American partners.