Before they start well – well to look seriously the impact of the dictatorial imposed by Donald Trump in April – July 2025 and the US is preparing a new round with a horizon in May 2026. The latest report by the World Trade Organization (WTO) published last Tuesday (7.10.2025).
However, In the WTO’s forecasts (obviously) The possibility of additional US duties is not included, let alone 100% duties (instead of 35%) announced by Trump on Saturday (11.10.2025) against China (from November 1 2025).
For example, the draft state budget of 2026, published on October 6, 2025, provides greater growth in 2026 than this year and not less (2.4% and not 2.2%).
However in the draft it is admissible that ‘The main short -term risks to shaping growth rate in 2025 and 2026 are summarized in the sharpening of geopolitical unrest, At a possible derogation from the tariff agreement between the US and the EU (or other destabilization of the terms of international trade), in greater than the expected impact of duties on the global and European economyin a more intense manifestation of climate change phenomena and in the event of delaying programmable investment making».
Threatened duties in machinery since May
The possibility of new US duties against the EU is not … theoretical. As Handelsblatt’s report reports, The Trump government has now begun investigations in other areas:
- Aircraft, aircraft spare parts and turbines
- Machinery, equipment and industrial robots
- Semiconductor
- Critical raw materials and rare land
- Drones and spare parts drone
- Solar elements
- Wind turbines
To prevent investigations, the EU has also negotiated exceptions for semiconductors and aircraft, the same report said. However, machinery, industrial robots, drones, solar elements and wind turbines will not be protected from higher duties.
Since May 2026, the US government could impose high sectoral duties across the engineering industry.
Research on the impact of these imports to the US National Security is expected to be completed by then. “Trump’s tariff agreement is not agreement“, Said Berd Lange (SPD), chairman of the European Parliament Commerce Committee. “The US is constantly imposing new duties“, He noted.
At the same time, Alessia Sarasino, who represents the German Association of Engineers and Engineering (VDMA) in Washington, pointed out that “The EU must prevent the US from constantly inventing new duties against which the trade agreement does not protect us“, He said
The Foreign Ministry circles point out to Newsit.gr that 3 ½ months after the July 27 2025 agreement between Trump and von der Layen, there is no legal text except political. Although this political text of agreement is implemented, has no legal powercommonly – that is, does not formally bind either of both sides.
In the event, however, that Europeans’ fears are confirmed for additional duties in some, albeit, European exports, this will be another blow to the European economy and therefore in Greek.
It is recalled that the main impact on Trump duties in the EU is expected to be indirect and not immediate as a small proportion of Greek exports are directed to the US (around 5%).
However, the fact that it is expected to be indirect does not mean that it will be minor, as even more damage to the European economy, which is directed by most of the Greek exports, will lead to a reduction in European consumer demand for Greek products and above all tourist arrivals or at least average tourist expenditure in Greece. Executives of the Financial Staff.