Media reported tough EU response if Trump imposes duties on goods

The European Union (EU) will respond harshly if the United States imposes duties on goods from the countries of the association. This was reported by The Associated Press (AP) on February 2 with reference to a representative of the European Commission.

According to him, low duties contribute to economic stability, and the EU will be ready to respond harshly in case of their unfair increase.

Earlier, on February 1, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to impose trade tariffs of 25% on goods from Canada, China and Mexico. Then he also promised to introduce duties on goods from the EU. As the American president pointed out, at the moment China, Canada and Mexico are responsible for significant amounts of drug smuggling into the US.

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In response, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the country has an equal, strong and reasonable response to Trump's imposition of duties. He specified that the Canadian side does not want to impose retaliatory measures against the US, while if the American side "takes this step", Canada will be forced to act.

Later, Chinese economist Andrew Leung told Izvestia that the tariffs that Trump is imposing on imports of goods from China and Mexico will lead to an increase in consumer prices in the US itself.

American political scientist Garland Nixon told Izvestia that Canada and Mexico will face negative consequences of the imposition of duties by the United States, against which they may turn to Russia and China.