Defined the EU A second list of countermeasures targeting US products worth 72 billion euros ($ 84 billion), including Boeing aircraft, cars and Berbon, if he decides to retaliate against his tariff policy Donald Trump.
Trump said yesterday (14.7.25) that he was still open to more trade negotiations with the EU, after announcing the 30% levy on EU imports on 1 August 20% if the two sides.
EU Commercial Head Maros Sefkovic was planning to speak with US Commerce Minister Howard Lutnik late Monday (14.7.2025), as it pushes for a settlement that the EU insists that it must be mutually beneficial for both sides.
“We are always open to discussions,” the US president told reporters at the White House. “We are open to talk, among other things, with Europe. In fact, they come here. They would like to talk, “he said.
During the weekend, Trump presented his plans for higher EU duties, which Sefkovic described as “substantially prohibitive” for transactions. EU trade ministers met in Brussels on Monday to discuss the next steps.
EU additional duties will also be imposed on US mechanical equipment products, chemicals and plastics, medical devices, electrical equipment, wines and other agricultural products, according to a list of 206 pages compiled by the European Commission and saw Bloomberg News.
The list, initially related to US products totaling 95 billion euros, was limited after consultations with companies and Member States. Countries must give their approval before the list is approved. The set of measures existed from the weekend’s letter that threatened to increase duties to 30% and is the EU’s response to a previous so -called 20% mutual duty that hit most goods, as well as the additional 25% contributions to cars and car spare parts.
The list, which was mentioned earlier by Politico, does not include a tariff coefficient for goods.
During the weekend, the EU announced that it was going to extend the suspension of duties on a first list of US products worth 21 billion euros in response to additional steel and aluminum duties from Trump.
The new list of targeted US products of the EU includes industrial products worth more than € 65 billion, including mainly aircraft (almost € 11 billion), machinery (over € 9.4 billion) and cars (almost € 8 billion). More than 6 billion euros in US products are affected are agri -food products, mainly fruits and vegetables (almost 2 billion euros) and alcoholic beverages (€ 1.2 billion).
The wide package also includes precision equipment and instruments (almost 5 billion euros), games and hobby equipment (more than € 500 million), sports weapons (nearly 300 million euros) or musical instruments (about € 200 million).
Some of the criteria for choosing the goods were the availability of alternative sources of supply and products at which the risk of relocation is high, according to the document. Imported military products will not be subject to duties.