The European Commissioner named the date of the EU's introduction of the first package of countermeasures against US duties

The European Union (EU) will introduce the first package of countermeasures against the US duties on April 15. This was announced by European Commissioner for Trade Maros Sefcovic at a press conference following a meeting of the EU Council.

"The vote is scheduled for April 9, and the final list will be adopted on April 15," the Reuters news agency quoted him as saying.

The restrictions will take effect in stages. Duties under the first set of measures will take effect on the day of adoption, while all others will take effect on May 15.

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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced on April 7 that Budapest would not support the EU's retaliatory measures to raise tariffs on trade with the United States. Prior to that, he said that Brussels' inept security and economic policies had severely undermined the EU's competitiveness. According to him, the European Commission was unable to establish customs cooperation with the United States after the introduction of duties on Chinese electric vehicles.

On April 2, US President Donald Trump signed a decree imposing 25% import duties on finished cars from April 3, and on auto parts no later than May 3. The American president justified this measure by the need to protect national security. Later, Bloomberg reported that the European Union was preparing a package of emergency measures to support the sectors of the economy that could be most affected by the imposition of duties by Washington.