Trump against the EU: The next round of the battle is a visit to the White House

One of the leading leaders of the European Union will meet today. US President Donald Trump is hoping to persuade him to refrain from increasing import tariffs on cars and avoiding a transatlantic trade war, BTA reported.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's visit to the White House follows a particularly unpleasant continental tour of Trump, during which he calls his EU (a bloc of 28 states involving many historical allies of United States) his opponent Trump specifically attacked Chancellor Angela Merkel and Germany, the eco engineer

Trump has already imposed duties on imports of steel and aluminum from Europe and the EU responded in the same way . But even this exchange of measures will have nothing to do with tariffs – a huge industry that has long symbolized the welfare of the post-war on both sides of the Atlantic, particularly in Germany.

Trump desperately wants to reduce the US trade deficit The EU accuses the bloc of not playing honestly in trade. And when it comes to security, he accuses Europeans of refusing to pay their share of NATO, and instead lives on the back of a solid US military budget.

On the eve of Juncker's visit, Trump set the tone in tweed. "Myths are a good thing," he wrote. "A country that has treated the United States unfairly in trade, negotiating a fair deal, or hitting it of a myth, is just that."

Germany is getting fed up with such explosions. Countless hours before Trump's visit, German Foreign Minister Haiko Maas told AER De: "We will not be threatened and we will not bow, because if I do it once, I fears that "

It is hoped that when Juncker, the dean of compromise and consensus policies in the EU, enters the office of Trump, the mood will be different

" C & # 39; is a chance not to dramatize a potential tension around the trade and start an open and constructive dialogue "said the spokesman of Juncker Margaritis Skinas.

The stakes are high because the automotive industry has a huge load of trade and employment both in the EU and the United States

number one of the cars produced in the EU and account for nearly 30% of the total value of exports European car exports account for one quarter of total car imports s in the United States

If Trump imposed a 25% duty on imports of cars, trucks and auto parts, "this could lead us all to a game of putting consumers at a disadvantage in the United States and Europe", said Professor Alexander Matheler of the Egmont Institute of Thinking

The EU has already warned its US counterparts that it is preparing a list of countermeasures if rights to cars must be imposed . US car exports to the United States amounted to $ 44 billion a year, which is unparalleled with the customs war on steel and aluminum, resulting in countermeasures from the US. EU $ 3.2 billion

. anti-tariff, but also the auto industry in the United States, as well as many votes in Congress. Autoproducers, suppliers and distributors argue that tariffs will increase car prices for US consumers and damage car manufacturers by increasing the cost of imported components and resulting in retaliation from US trading partners

. and a huge share in the auto industry in the United States, where European companies produce nearly 3 million cars a year, more than a quarter of US production. The largest exporter of cars produced in the United States is BeMeB, a German company that operates its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

German manufacturers and suppliers supply work to more than 118,000 people in some 300 factories and produce more than 800,000 car annually in the United States – as more than half of the cars are exported, the only one is in the United States. Association of the German Automotive Industry said:

"Open markets are crucial for our US participation, said the President of But the present case is not necessarily the case.

Juncker n & n. Does not bring any cardinal proposals to Washington, judging by the briefing of a senior European representative who wants to be anonymous

Juncker rather intends to better understand Trump.He will also discuss the possibility of trade negotiations between major car exporting countries and a free trade agreement between the EU and the US to reduce trade barriers to industry products including cars

. Trump does not want reciprocal concessions, she wants unilateral concessions from the EU, but Edward Aldon, a senior partner of the Foreign Relations Council, said