Of Athena Papakosta

The imposition of 10% duties on all product imports from a series of countries in the United States of America has been in force for 48 hours. The European Union – whose imposition series comes on Wednesday, April 9 – although it remains open in negotiations, says it is ready to defend its interests with proportionate countermeasures and, as it was reported on Sunday afternoon, the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Commission.

Today, Luxembourg will hold the first political meeting at the level of EU Commerce Ministers with a key demand for unity, while Paris is calling for a temporary freezing investment in the United States and Rome in a discussion with Washington.

The Trump bomb on its foundations for decades of global economic system in force has not been cut. Already the first part of the US president’s sweep duties, the 10%duty general, including countries such as the United Kingdom, Egypt and Australia, came into force on Saturday and customs in the United States have begun to collect unilateral duties.

Today, however markets They open again. Last week’s bleeding, when companies were watching trillions in front of smoke, confirmed the worst fears of economists and analysts, who talk about increasing inflation and slowing growth.

Washington, however, remains relentless. Donald Trump himself promises a victory and demands patience from the Americans, while the United States Finance Minister Scott Besed downgraded yesterday the fall in stock prices on the stock markets, stressing that “there is no reason for concern”.

At the same time, and shortly before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – the first foreign leader to arrive at the White House after the imposition of duties in Washington will be able to successfully negotiate their removal of the US Council. Contact the White House by seeking to launch trade negotiations.

For the US Secretary of Commerce, however, the duties came to stay. Speaking to the US Network CBS News, Howard Lutnik stressed that there is no question of postponement and that they will certainly remain in place for days and weeks.

According to the Reuters news agency, the European Union’s possible countermeasures will aim for a range of products. As stated in this report, the European Commission is expected to disclose a list of US products worth up to $ 28 billion, which will target its potential response. Among them are American meat, cereals, wine, wood, clothing and even chewing gum or even vacuum cleaners.

As for American whiskey, there are intense, as they are described, talks about the imposition of a 50% end, as the US president seems to threaten 200% of the European Union’s alcoholic beverages, which terrorizes French and Italian exporters.

The trade war has begun with the largest exporter in the world, China, paying the United States with the same currency by imposing 34% reciprocal duties, and now is expected to be in the game, which is expected to be in the game, which is expected to be in the 20% bell in almost all of all goods.