EU has prepared hundreds of tariffs on U.S. goods if a trade deal can’t be made

EU unveils a plan to hit back at the U.S. if trade negotiations fail

BRUSSELS — The European Union on Thursday announced a plan to ramp up the pressure on the United States in hopes of prodding the Trump administration...

The trade conflict between the US and the EU is going into the next round: the European Commission is working on special tariffs on US exports worth up to EUR 95 billion. The levies could be affected by whiskey, cars or sweet potatoes. The additional tariffs could be imposed if the EU's negotiations with Washington did not lead to a solution, as a Brussels authority announced. The deadline for this is currently July. There is a 90-day deadline, …

The EU Targets a List of U.S. Goods in Tariff Fight

Airplanes, booze, vehicles, and auto parts will be targeted if the trade war continues.

From antiques to batteries and aircraft to breeding horses: In the customs dispute with the USA, the EU Commission has presented a list of thousands of US goods to which new customs duties should apply in the future. By Thomas Spickhofen.

On Thursday, the EU threatened to tax US imports, including cars and aircraft, for 95 billion euros (148.74 million Canadian dollars), in the event of the failure of negotiations to put an end to Donald Trump's customs duties on European products.

The EU is preparing for a possible failure of trade talks with the US. A number of US products could be affected by the special tariffs. A list of these products is more than 200 pages long.