The European Union approves the first set of tariffs on US imports

The European Union voted on Wednesday to approve its first set of measures to resist the tariff imposed on the US steel and aluminum.

The European Commission, the BLOC executive hand, said the duties will start to gather on April 15. According to the draft document, which in March, the CNBC is noticed, tariffs focus on a wide range of goods, including birds, grains, clothing and metals. The EU did not publish the final list of affected products and refused to comment on Wednesday.

27-national block had prevent This will act to protect European business and consumers after US President Donald Trump has introduced 25% of metals duties.

“The EU is considering tariffs on the US unjustified and harmful, causing economic damage to both parties, as well as in the world economy. The EU has stated that the clear preference for negotiations with the US, which will be balanced and mutually profitable,” the European Commission said.

“These oppositions can be suspended at any time if the US will agree with a fair and balanced result of the negotiations,” the EU said.

The EU also encounters Tariffs by 20% About virtually all its US imports as part of Trump’s orientation More than 180 countries And the territories declared by the White House leader on April 2.

President of the European Commission Ursul von der Leyen at the time said the EU was ready for revenge If negotiations with the US administration were not successful.

“We are ready to answer,” she said, adding that the EU is preparing for further countermeasures to protect its interests and enterprises. But von der Leyen also called for negotiations with the United States, saying that “it is not too late to solve problems through negotiations.”

Moros Sefkovich, EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, – Note On Monday, which the block will start collecting the first US import tariffs from April 15, with the second set of measures after May 15.

US tariffs for 380 billion euros (420.45 billion) exports of Europe in the US worth about 70% of total exports, Sefkovich said during the press.

“Speaking about it in the future, it is more than 80 billion euros, and eleven times out of 7 billion (euro) that is currently raising the United States,” he added.

Countries around the world seek to formulate their response to duties that have caused the chaos of the world market. China – a blow with a total tariff for its goods is 104% – on Wednesday announced tariffs for US goods that are part of China to grow up to 84% from 34% from April 10.

. Silvia Amaro CNBC contributed to this report.