Trump threatens tariffs on Apple iPhones and EU merchandise

President Donald Trump has mentioned he’s “recommending” imposing 50% tariffs on items from the European Union being imported to the United States.

“Our discussions with them are going nowhere!”, he mentioned in a publish on social media on Friday.

The announcement marks an escalation of Trump’s commerce struggle with the EU, which presently has a ten% tariff all items being introduced into America.

The president additionally threatened to impose a 25% import tax on iPhones not manufactured in America.

“I’ve way back knowledgeable Tim Cook of Apple that I count on their iPhone’s that will probably be offered within the United States of America will probably be manufactured and constructed within the United States, not India, or anyplace else,” Trump mentioned.

“If that’s not the case, a Tariff of at the very least 25% have to be paid by Apple to the U.S.”

Since re-entering the White House, Trump has imposed and threatened varied tariffs on international locations all over the world, which he sees as a means of boosting US manufacturing and defending jobs from overseas competitors.

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