{"id":1881,"date":"2025-02-03T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2025-02-03T20:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T20:33:29","slug":"eus-top-diplomat-warns-against-trade-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/eus-top-diplomat-warns-against-trade-war\/","title":{"rendered":"EU\u2019s top diplomat warns against trade war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beijing will be the main beneficiary of a tariff stand-off between Washington and Brussels, the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief has warned<\/strong><\/p>\n

A trade war between the US and EU would be detrimental to both sides, the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has warned, suggesting that only China would ultimately benefit from such an outcome.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused the EU of unfair trade practices. After announcing sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China last week, he indicated on Sunday that the same will \u201cdefinitely happen with the EU,\u201d<\/em> claiming that the bloc has \u201creally taken advantage\u201d<\/em> of the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of an informal gathering of EU leaders in Brussels on Monday, Kallas responded to Trump\u2019s warnings by stating that a trade war would not be beneficial to either side.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no winners in trade wars,\u201d<\/em> Kallas stressed, pointing out that the US and the EU are \u201cvery interlinked\u201d<\/em> and need each other. She warned that imposing tariffs would increase costs, which would not be good for the people. \u201cIf the United States starts the trade war, then the one laughing on the side is China,\u201d<\/em> she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other European leaders have echoed Kallas\u2019 concerns. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for diplomatic engagement, stating that while the EU could \u201creact to tariff policies,\u201d<\/em> cooperation should be prioritized.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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French officials have also warned that escalating tariffs could lead to a cycle of retaliatory measures. French central bank governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau stated that \u201ceverybody loses in this kind of protectionist trade war.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump has pointed out that the EU consistently exports significantly more goods to the US than it imports. \u201cThey don\u2019t take our cars, they don\u2019t take our farm products. They take almost nothing and we take everything from them,\u201d<\/em> he said. He acknowledged that there will be \u201csome pain\u201d<\/em> for Americans if tariffs are imposed, but stressed that it would all be \u201cworth the price.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following Trump\u2019s inauguration last month, a number of EU leaders, such as Germany\u2019s Scholz and France\u2019s Emmanuel Macron called on the bloc to unite in the face of the Republican\u2019s return to office, expressing concern about his \u201cAmerica First\u201d<\/em> approach to foreign policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that EU officials will nevertheless soon \u201cstand at the master\u2019s feet and gently wag their tails,\u201d<\/em> claiming that they had previously spent years \u201chappily\u201d<\/em> carrying out any orders from Washington under the administration of former President Joe Biden and would soon fall into line.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beijing will be the main beneficiary of a tariff stand-off between Washington and Brussels, the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief has warned A trade war between the US and EU would be detrimental to both sides, the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has warned, suggesting that only China would ultimately benefit from such an outcome.\u00a0\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1885,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions\/1885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}