The commercial war is intensified. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, will give this afternoon a press conference to announce the imposition of caring rates, as announced by the spokesperson for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, this Wednesday. Leavitt sent the president’s appearance for details. It is not yet known whether there will be exceptions or what the tax level will be. Trump’s appearance is scheduled for 16.00 Washington, 21.00 in Spain Peninsular.
Trump said in the middle of last month in an apparition in his Tor Tor Tor Trin. It would impose cars import rates since April, Ensure that the import of pharmaceutical products and microprocessors also taxed. Trump was specifically asked for cars rates that day. “I will probably tell you on April 2, but it will be about 25%.”
Trump said at the beginning of this week This would describe in detail the withdrawals for cars in the next few days, Indicating that they could appear before their planned launch on April 2 of what they call “mutual rates” to other countries. The president claims that taxes will help stimulate growth in the automotive sector and forces companies to transfer greater production to the United States.
Since their advertisements are so irregular and contradictory, a few days ago it did not seem that the threat of automotive rates should be fulfilled and, in fact, the sources of what surrounds them delayed the sectoral rates for later. April 2 was indicated by Trump as the “day of liberation” Because that day he will announce or approve the largest tariff not since he returned to the White House. Among them include what Trump called “mutual rates”, which are not exactly such, but a way to penalize the countries with which the United States have a greater commercial deficit.
The President of the United States used some concrete rates to present a distorted image of bilateral trade. According to the European Commission, the average EU tariff on US products is 0.9%, while EU exports against the United States deal with an average tax of 1.4%. The President of the United States presents itself as a proof of the complaint that the EU Has a higher rate for cars (10%, compared to 2.5%), But forget that your country has much larger for trucks and trucks (pick-up), 25%, compared to 10% European.
The EU is willing to negotiate counterparties on both sides, which Trump erroneously interpreted as he had already agreed to lower the 2.5% rate without concessions. He has checked several times for that non -existing triumph, even if apparently his councilors must have warned him that he was wrong because he stopped referring to it. “We would be willing to study how we can reduce the rates of all industrial products”, Maros Sefcovic said, vice -president of the European Commission with field skills, Last month in Washington.
Trump seems particularly obsessed with the fact that Europeans do not buy many US cars. “I asked a pair of leaders. I don’t want to give names, but how many chevrolets or Ford see in the center of Monaco? The answer is nobody, because they do not accept any car. They do not accept anything. So Europe has abused the United States for years and cannot do it and want to reach an agreement”. He said last month to the White House, In one of the sessions in which the European Union has started to threaten rates.
Imports for the import of car are the second step of this week in protectionist matters. Monday Trump signed a decree that Authorizes the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, impose Rates of 25% to the countries that buy Venezuelan oil, including Spain. At the same time, Washington gave an extension to the American oil company to continue operating in the country, with which the United States can continue to import Venezuelan crude oil.
Trump is convinced of improving his highly deficit commercial balance by way of tariff pressure. “There is no one who does not want to reach agreements. They have been abused and want to reach the agreements. So we will see, but I think we will have very right products. All we want is a fair treatment,” he supported, underlining the commercial tariffs and obstacles that bring other countries to US products.
“They are scaming a lot, and the United States are tired of scaming it and point, he added then.” The rates are very powerful, both cheap and to get everything else you want, “he said, Indicating the example of deportations in Colombia. “When you are the chicken of the golden eggs, the rates are very good, they are very powerful and will make our country very rich,” he said, with the thesis of Thesis of the White House “Access to the US market is a privilege.”
