"He likes to make headlines": Trump tariff threat on EU is to create "chaos," analyst says

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLtXXpo4Ge1ReTEboVvTDg https://ift.tt/RziaYPk U.S. President Donald Trump said during a meeting with his cabinet on Wednesday that his administration would be announcing tariffs on the European Union (EU) "very soon." "The European Union was formed in order to screw the United States," Trump said, adding that the tariffs would apply to various items, including cars, and would be set at 25%. "It's not the first time that (U.S. President) Donald Trump is confusing. It's his method, it has been theorized by people close to him, it's about permanent provocation, of permanent outrage. We are used to this method," French government spokesperson Sophie Primas said on Thursday. “This is not the right choice, I think it’s really toxic for our transatlantic relationship, but also a really big challenge for our European agriculture sector as well as for the American one,” the bloc’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen said. Meanwhile, Senior Fellow at Bruegel Institute Rebecca Christie added that Trump's is creating "uncertainty" and "chaos". For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews