https://apnews.com/article/trump-eu-tariffs-countermeasures-806a3b9bcc9cd4e45817e672d95f0070
欧盟周三宣布对美国工业产品和农产品征收新的关税，以报复特朗普政府将所有钢铁和铝进口关税提高至 25% 的举措。
作为世界上最大的贸易集团，欧盟早已预料到美国的关税，并提前做好准备，但这些措施仍然给本已紧张的跨大西洋关系带来巨大压力。就在上个月，华盛顿警告欧洲，未来它必须照顾好自己的安全。
欧盟的措施将涵盖价值约 260 亿欧元（280 亿美元）的美国商品，不仅包括钢铁和铝产品，还包括纺织品、家用电器和农产品。摩托车、波旁威士忌、花生酱和牛仔裤也将受到打击，就像美国总统唐纳德·特朗普第一任期期间一样。
欧盟的关税旨在缓解美国的压力，同时尽量减少对欧洲的额外损害。欧盟官员明确表示，这些关税（进口税）针对的是共和党控制州生产的产品，例如堪萨斯州和内布拉斯加州的牛肉和家禽，以及阿拉巴马州和乔治亚州的木制品。然而，这些关税也将打击民主党控制的蓝州，例如伊利诺伊州，该州是美国第一大大豆产地，也在名单上。
The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products, responding within hours to the Trump administration’s increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%.
The world’s biggest trading bloc was expecting the U.S. tariffs and prepared in advance, but the measures still place great strain on already tense trans-Atlantic relations. Only last month, Washington warned Europe that it would have to take care of its own security in the future.
The EU measures will cover goods from the United States worth around 26 billion euros ($28 billion), and not just steel and aluminum products, but also textiles, home appliances and agricultural goods. Motorcycles, bourbon, peanut butter and jeans will also be hit, as they were during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term.
The EU duties aim for pressure points in the U.S. while minimizing additional damage to Europe. EU officials have made clear that the tariffs — taxes on imports — are aimed at products made in Republican-held states, such as beef and poultry from Kansas and Nebraska and wood products from Alabama and Georgia. Yet the tariffs will also hit blue states such as Illinois, the No. 1 U.S. producer of soybeans, which is also on the list.
