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Donald Trump has announced he plans to
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slap 25% tariffs on imports from the
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European Union into the US the US
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president slammed the European trading
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block claiming it was set up to screw
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America and had done a good job of it
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Trump's comments came before his first
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meeting with the UK prime minister K
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ster since he reentered office in
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January speaking during his first
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cabinet meeting in the White House Trump
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was asked by reporters whether he still
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planed to put 25% tariffs on Mexico and
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Canada despite a drop in migrant
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Crossings and he said he doesn't plan on
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stopping the tariffs Trump also said
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that on April 2nd many of the tariffs
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will go on but not all of them adding
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that we will see something that's going
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to be in his words amazing he also told
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the meeting attended by his billionaire
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advisor and the owner of Tesla and ex
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Elon Musk that he had taken a decision
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on the tariffs on the EU the US
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president said they have made a decision
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that they will be announcing soon adding
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that it'll be 25% generally speaking and
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it'll be on cars and all other things
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Trump also stated that the EU is a
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different kind of case in Canada
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claiming that the EU has taken advantage
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of the US in a different way according
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to Trump the EU doesn't accept Us cars
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or farm products using all sorts of
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reasons why they don't meanwhile the US
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accepts everything from them the US
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President also mentioned the United
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States $300 billion deficit with the EU
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adding that he does love the countries
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in Europe however Trump claimed that the
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EU was formed in order to screw the US
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and they have done a good job of it
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alluding to putting an end to it now
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that he is President meanwhile in the UK
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves did say she was
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confident the country which has a Goods
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deficit with America can boost trade
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with the US she said the announced
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increase in defense spending was in the
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country's National interest when asked
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if the UK expects Donald Trump to
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withdraw his threats of tariffs in
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return Reeves added that in terms of
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future trading relationships between the
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UK and the US last time that President
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Trump was in the White House trade and
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investment between the two countries
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increase and she has every confidence
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that that can happen again she also said
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prime minister Kier starmer is looking
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forward to talking about these issues
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and many others in his meeting with
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Donald Trump let us know your thoughts
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