Healthcare industry raises alarm over Commission's potential retaliatory tariffs

Healthcare industry raises alarm over Commission's potential retaliatory tariffs

Roughly €95 billion are at stake, and the Commission has attempted to reassure industry leaders by stating that the pharmaceutical sector would largely be spared.

European Commission sets out possible €95bn response to US tariffs

EU repeats that it would prefer a negotiated solution but is also looking into export curbs and a WTO complaint

EU Proposes Potential Tariffs on €95 Billion of U.S. Imports

We begin the review of the current agri-food weekly with the announcement made by the European Commission that it will take the United States to the WTO for its tariffs and study countermeasures for €95 billion. The trade war remains active between the two sides and affects the agri-food sector fully. In fact, the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, sees unacceptable the general tariff of 10% imposed by the US count…

European Commission starts consultations on possible response to US tariffs

The EC is also consulting on possible restrictions on scrap exports

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a list of US imports that could be subject to EU countermeasures if the ongoing negotiations between the EU and the US do not result in a mutually beneficial outcome and the elimination of US tariffs. The list under consultation refers to imports from the US amounting to €95 billion, covering a wide range of industrial and agricultural products. The Commission is also consulting on po…