Short shrift for Trump’s ‘50% tariff’ outburst; thousands of Americans want to become British for good – key US politics stories from Saturday 24 May at a glance
As he continued his on-again, off-again tariff war with much of the world, Donald Trump went on social media to complain that the EU was “taking advantage of the United States on trade” and not coming to the table about it. “Therefore I am recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union, starting on June 1, 2025.”
The EU’s trade commissioner had a call with the US trade representative Jamieson Greer and Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick. Maroš Šefčovič said afterwards: “The EU’s fully engaged, committed to securing a deal that works for both.”
