The European Commission presents the list of US production assets that would be subject to duties in the event that an agreement with the American government on the taxes currently in force should not be found
In response to duties imposed by the Trump Administration on goods produced in Europe and imported to the United States, the European Commission prepares “against duties” taxes recently introduced. It would be a maneuver with a remarkable political flower, as well as naturally economic, going to interest goods exported by the United States for a total value of more than 95 billion euros. The European Commission also anticipates that they could Adding to the against duties also of the export limitations towards the US of raw materials, such as steel and aluminum, and chemicals.
The impact of “quota 100”
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The against European duties also involve important US industrial giants in the sector automotive, motorcycle and aeronautical. Specifically, the measure proposed by the European Commission concerns the sector of component made in the USA for a value of 10.3 billion euros, to which are added 2 billion euros in Finite vehicles as: Car, motorcycle, pick-ups and Boeing planes. The sectors of chemistry, plastic, electronic equipment and non -pharmaceutical health equipment are also affected, as well as that of machinery for heavy industry and agriculture. To underline, however, the purely provisional nature of the listas the list of assets affected by the duties must be subjected to the approval of the European Union member countries, and therefore liable to more or less substantial changes.