The EU's proposal is not enough to address the transatlantic trade deficit, says Trump and claims entirely incorrectly that the EU "does not take anything" in imports from the USA.
The President announced sweeping tariffs against almost all countries in the world last week, including heavy import tariffs against the EU at 20 percent.
The latest Trump move against the EU comes as a response to the comments made by the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday, when she pointed out that the EU offered zero tariffs to the USA for industrial goods, including cars, as early as February, without receiving any response.
The EU is always ready to make a good deal, said von der Leyen then.
The offer was made a long time ago and has been repeated, for example, for the automotive sector. All possible instruments are on the table, she continued.
Trump further claims that the trade deficit between the USA and the EU would "disappear quickly" if European countries bought American energy.
They must buy and commit to buying an amount equivalent to the (trade deficit, ed. note) in energy, he says.
On Wednesday, the EU will vote on a first list of retaliatory tariffs, in response to the steel and aluminum tariffs announced by the USA at the beginning of March. The response to last week's even more comprehensive tariff announcement from the USA will take longer.
