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Tariffs Shook up Trade in 2025
The EU doubled steel tariffs and launched economic security measures while facing US digital policy demands and Chinese export restrictions amid a $1 trillion Chinese trade surplus.
- On Dec. 29, 2025, President Donald Trump's return kicked off a tariff surge raising rates to nearly 17%, generating roughly $30 billion monthly for the U.S. Treasury.
- The White House framed the moves as efforts to reshore manufacturing and counter Chinese overcapacity, raising U.S. steel and aluminium tariffs to 25% then 50% by June while pressuring Europe over the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act.
- A 21 August joint statement set zero EU tariffs on most U.S. industrial goods while the U.S. imposed 15% tariffs on EU exports and secured $600 billion in EU investments and $750 billion in energy purchases.
- Trade flows shifted after the tariffs, forcing reroutes toward Europe as China posted a trade surplus surpassing $1 trillion and Brussels doubled steel tariffs alongside a new economic security doctrine.
- As 2026 approaches, EU officials say balancing U.S. and China remains a priority, but legal challenges to U.S. tariff authorities and consensus on the Anti-Coercion Instrument are uncertain.
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