Earlier this month, Donald Trump announced (via social media, of course) that the European Union (EU) had an nonreciprocal relationship with the U.S. and that he was, in consequence, going to impose 30 percent tariffs on the bloc come August 1. Imperious as always, he continued that, should the Europeans respond in kind, he would simply ratchet up the tariffs still further.
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