Escalating Trade Fight, Trump Threatens Higher Taxes on European Cars<br />After Mr. Trump announced the penalties on Thursday, European Union leaders warned<br />that American goods like Kentucky bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles, many of them with roots in the home states of key Republican leaders, would be treated “the same way” if the steel and aluminum tariffs were enforced.<br />Big trade imbalance!”<br />It was the latest indication that Mr. Trump, despite pressure from foreign allies<br />and American business leaders, is standing by his decision to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from all countries.<br />The auto industry is a complex target for the president — European automakers have plants in the United States<br />and employ thousands of Americans, and United States automakers do sell large numbers of cars in Europe under brands unfamiliar to Americans.<br />By EMILY COCHRANEMARCH 3, 2018<br />WASHINGTON — President Trump warned on Saturday that he would apply higher taxes on imported European cars if the European<br />Union carried through on its threat to retaliate against his proposed stiff new tariffs on steel and aluminum.
