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The European Union's top trade chief says the EU stands ready to defend its interests,
saying in a social media post that the EU is committed to securing a deal with the U.S. based on mutual respect,
not threats.
President Trump is threatening to hike tariffs on all EU imports.
Here's NPR's Scott Horsley.
It's become kind of a familiar pattern now.
The president took to social media to rattle his tariff saber.
He complained that trade talks with the EU have been, quote, going nowhere.
And he threatened to impose a 50 percent tax on all imports from the European Union unless that changes by June 1st.
President Trump also warning of a 25 percent tariff increase on Apple unless the company starts manufacturing.
Its government debt undergirds the global financial system,
and those bonds are supposed to be safe and stable investments.
But now, investors are questioning all of that.