Brussels prepared for trade war with US if it restricts EU imports
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from on (#3EJ41)
Donald Trump says the EU has been 'very unfair' on US exporters
Brussels has warned that it stands ready to retaliate and potentially open up a transatlantic trade war if the US delivers on apparent threats to restrict European imports.
The US president, Donald Trump, claimed in an interview with ITV broadcast on Sunday that the EU had been "very unfair" on American exporters, and that it would "morph into something very big" that would "turn out to be very much to [the EU's] detriment".
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