The European Union and Mexico Donald Trump criticizes a 30 % tariff proposed star-news.press/wp

The European Union (European Union) and Mexico have expressed disappointment at the threat of US President Donald Trump to impose a 30 % tariff on their imports as of August 1.

Mexico criticized what was called “an unfair deal” for Trump and insisted that its sovereignty is not negotiable, while the European Union president, Ursula von der Lin, threatened to take “counter -measures proportional measures”, if necessary. Both said they wanted to continue negotiating with the United States.

Trump has warned that he would impose higher import taxes if any of the American commercial partners decided to take revenge.

Trump also announced a new tariff for goods from Japan, South Korea, Canada and Brazil from next month.

In the letter that was sent on Friday to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Layen, Trump wrote: “We had years to discuss our trade relationship with the European Union, and we concluded that we must stay away from this long, fixed, and counter -commercial deficit, which is generated by your tariff tariffs, policies and commercial policies.”

“Our relationship was, unfortunately, far from mutual,” the letter added.

In his messages to the European Union and Mexico, Trump warned that if a commercial partner takes revenge on their import duties against the United States, he will review by raising the definitions by a similar percentage and exceeding 30 %.

In a pre -registered interview with Fox News that was broadcast on Saturday night, President Trump said that some countries were “very annoyed now”, but he insisted that the definitions mean that “hundreds of billions of dollars were” flowing “.

The European Union was a frequent goal of Trump’s criticism. On April 2, a 20 % tariff for goods was suggested to the mass, as well as dozens of other commercial partners. Then he threatened to raise the European Union import taxes to 50 % while stopping commercial conversations.

Washington and Brussels were hoping to reach an agreement before the deadline on July 9, but there were no advertisements for progress.

In 2024, the American trade deficit with the bloc was 235.6 billion dollars (202 billion euros; 174 billion pounds), according to the US Trade Representative Office.

Von der Lin said that the European Union was ready to “continue working for an agreement by August 1.”

“We will take all the steps necessary to protect the interests of the European Union, including adopting the proportional anti -measures if necessary,” said von der Line.

Its statement added, “A few economies in the world are identical to the level of openness and commitment to the European Union for fair trading practices.”

The 27 -member European Union said earlier this week that it hopes to agree to a deal with Washington before August 1.

France President Emmanuel Macron said he was “a very strong rejection” of Trump’s announcement.

If there is no agreement, the French leader suggested the European Union’s plan to “accelerate the preparation of reliable counter measures.”

Bernd Lang, head of the European Parliament’s commercial committee, described Trump’s move as a “slap in the face of negotiations.”

“There is no way to deal with a major trading partner,” he said, adding that Brussels should enacted counter measures as soon as possible on Monday.

Some European Union leaders called as a deal with Trump. Italian Prime Minister Giojia Miloni said in a statement that a “fair agreement” could be reached, adding: “It will not make sense to provoke a trade war between both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.”

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Shouf said on social media that the European Union “must remain united and firm” in its goal to reach a “useful” deal with the United States.

The German Automobile Industry Association has warned of the possibility of high costs of German car makers and suppliers, and said that “it is unfortunate that there is a threat to an additional escalation of the commercial conflict.”

In his message to the leader of Mexico, Trump said the country was not enough to stop North America, a “stadium that follows NARCO”.

“Mexico helped me secure the borders, but what Mexico did is not enough,” Trump added.

Mexican President Claudia Xinbum expressed his confidence that an agreement could be reached.

“We believe, based on what our colleagues discussed yesterday, that we will reach an agreement with the United States and that, of course, we will achieve better circumstances,” Shinbom said on Saturday.

“We are clear about what we can work with the United States of America and we are clear about what we cannot,” she added. “There is something that is never negotiated, and this is the sovereignty of our country.”

Earlier on Saturday, the Mexican economy and foreign ministries described as a “unfair deal” in a joint statement.

Trump’s speech did not say whether the Mexican goods circulated in the USA and Canada agreement for 2020 would be exempted from the proposal height of August, as the White House said it would be the case with Canada.

Earlier this week, the White House sent a letter to Canada threatening a 35 % tariff.

As of Saturday, the Trump administration has now proposed tariff conditions on 24 countries and the European Union.

On April 12, White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro set a goal to secure “90 deals in 90 days”.

So far, the President has announced the outline of the company of two of these agreements with the United Kingdom and Vietnam amid continuous negotiations.