Trump threatens tariffs on $11bn of EU imports such as food and wine

White House says levies are response to Airbus subsidies it claims harm US interests

Donald Trump has threatened to impose US tariffs on $11bn (8.4bn) of goods from the EU, raising the stakes in the transatlantic trade dispute between the world's two largest economic superpowers.

The Trump administration announced the additional levies on EU goods - including roquefort and stilton cheese, wine and aircraft parts - as a response to subsidies for Airbus, the European aerospace and defence group, which it said were harmful to the US.

The World Trade Organization finds that the European Union subsidies to Airbus has adversely impacted the United States, which will now put Tariffs on $11 Billion of EU products! The EU has taken advantage of the U.S. on trade for many years. It will soon stop!