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Fed-up European Union eyes a tit-for-tat response to Trump’s tariff tactics

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Fed-up European Union eyes a tit-for-tat response to Trump’s tariff tactics This is despite the fact that the two sides reached a “mutually acceptable solution” to the issue in 2006 Current Affairs  :- Europe’s association with the U.S. has been extended as far as possible by President Donald Trump’s “America First” international strategy. In any case, debates about air ship endowments and auto levies reaching a critical stage throughout the following two months could place the partners in an exchange war. And keeping in mind that transoceanic relations have been fraying since Trump came to office over two years prior, the European Union’s political math has changed, with the alliance thinking about taking an increasingly forceful position toward the U.S., as per authorities acquainted with the EU system. “Europe is cornered and needs to battle back,” said Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, chief of the European Center of International Political Economy in Brussels. “The issue is ...