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EU Circulates €72 Billion Retaliatory Tariff Package Targeting U.S. Goods

The Commission circulated the package to EU capitals after trade ministers backed its approach to preserve leverage in response to U.S. tariff threats

US aircraft are a top target for potential EU tariff retaliation
Containers are stacked at the loading terminal "Altenwerder" in the port of Hamburg, Germany, February 17, 2025. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
Boeing logo on a building at Los Angeles International Airport. Boeing is among the companies targeted by the E.U. in response to U.S. tariffs. (Markus Mainka/Dreamstime/TNS)
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Overview

  • The revised list of measures has been reduced from an initial €95 billion proposal and now requires formal approval from all member states
  • Industrial exports valued at €65.7 billion and €6.4 billion in agricultural products, such as aircraft, cars, machinery and bourbon whiskey, are earmarked for tariffs
  • Aircraft and aircraft parts top the schedule at nearly €11 billion, posing a significant challenge to Boeing’s U.S. sales
  • The first tranche of €21 billion in countermeasures remains suspended until August 6 to allow ongoing negotiations with Washington
  • President Trump’s threat of a 30 percent tariff on EU exports from August 1 has raised the stakes of the transatlantic trade dispute