Show announcement by the US President. “The EU is very hard”. Many product genres affected by rates. Indiscretion on Elon Musk: “He is about to leave the Doge”. The White House denies: “garbage”
Dice of 25% on all cars produced abroad and imported into the United States. After many announcements they actually start from April 3, 2025. Donald Trump said it during a show meeting in the Rose Garden at the White House. “This is the day of liberation, we have waited for it for a long time.” The US President cited the 10% duties that the European Union has in force on cars that come to the old continent from the United States. By announcing rates on other product genres he said: “With today’s action we will make America bigger than ever”. According to a graph shown during the meeting by Trump, the European Union defined as “very hard”, on average, applies rates of 39% while the US from 3 April apply 20% duties without distinctions between countries. In this graphic, the EU is in second place only after China with 67% incoming rates and to which 34% duties will be applied. As for the United Kingdom, the rates are equated: 10% in both directions. “Foreign countries will pay the privilege of entering the largest market in the world,” added Trump.
The Italian reaction
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The response of the European Union could already arrive on April 3. Meanwhile, pending the announcement of the duties, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reiterated that the goal is “averting a commercial war”. However, “adequate answers” are not excluded to defend the Belpaese products. But, they remind government sources, the response will be elaborated within an `European framework. Italian exports in the USA exceeded 64 billion euros in 2024 according to the economic observatory on government foreign markets. Among the most exposed sectors there is that of vehicles that weighs for 30.7% and other means of transport for 34% according to the data of the one hundred studies of Confindustria. In the first 11 months of last year, Clepa data, Italy exported to the United States for € 3.16 billion and components for 662.4 million euros.
Musk leaves, indeed no
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A few hours before Donald Trump’s announcements on the duties an indiscretion made a lot of noise. That is Elon Musk would be ready to take a step back compared to the role in the department for the efficiency called Doge. The rumor reported by the headboard Political He explains that Trump would already communicate to his restricted circle that Tesla’s number one will soon leave his assignment that he cannot go beyond 130 days a year and therefore, according to the forecasts, will expire between May and June. In response of “Scoop garbage”, the spokesman for the White House Karoline Leavitt speaks on X. And he continues: “Elon will leave the public service as a special government employee once his incredible work at doge is completed”. Meanwhile, on the wave of what was reported by the media, the Tesla shares appreciated themselves at Wall Street coming to earn 5%, however, according to what was declared by the company, car sales dropped by 13% in the first quarter of 2025: the registrations were 336,681.
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