Donald Trump Rejects Europe’s Offer to Drop Tariffs: ‘They Are Screwing Us’
April 8, 2025
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President Donald Trump rejected suggestions from European Union (EU) officials of a zero-for-zero tariffs deal with the U.S. on certain sectors, such as autos and industrial goods.
Asked in the Oval Office on Monday if such an offer was good enough, Trump told reporters: “No, it’s not. The EU has been very tough over the years.”
Trump said the U.S. had been “paying them to guard them militarily” via NATO but “they’re screwing us on trade, so that’s not a good combination.”
“The European Union has been very bad to us,” Trump said. “They don’t take our cars, like Japan in that sense. They don’t take our agricultural product. They don’t take anything, practically. And yet they send millions of cars in a year.”
This is a developing story and more information will be added shortly.
U.S. President Donald Trump answers a reporter’s question in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump answers a reporter’s question in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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