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By EFE
July 1, 2018-09h46
US President Donald Trump felt that the European Union (EU) is "maybe as bad as China" in his trade relations with the United States, even though his country spends "a fortune in NATO to protect them".
"The EU is perhaps as bad as China, but smaller.It's terrible what they do to us," said Trump in a recorded interview this week and broadcast on Fox News Sunday.
"I love these countries, Germany and all the countries … Scotland … but they treat us very badly, very unfairly (…)." And despite that, we spent a fortune on NATO to protect them. "
Trump's comments come ten days before his participation in the NATO summit in Brussels, where he will see many NATO leaders. the EU at a time of great tension in transatlantic relations
This week the American publication Axios reported and confirmed the British newspaper The Guardian, at the summit of the Group of 7 (G7) in Canada in early June, Trump said that "NATO" is as bad as NAFTA ", the US-Mexico trade agreement that Washington has threatened to break.
Relations with the EU are at a low point because of the Trump decision to finally impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European bloc, who responded with a 2,800 million euro fee to a list of products from the United States.
Trump threatened last week with a staggering 20% tariff on all imports of vehicles arriving in the United States. from the EU, and according to press reports, has approached with members of his team the possibility of leaving the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Asked about his plan to restrict Chinese investment in US technology companies. , revealed this week and not as aggressive as expected, Trump pointed out that he "has good with China" and "loves his president," Xi Jinping, "who is president for life and can almost be called king"
"I do not like to show China alone.They are also from other countries (those who worry me), and I want to focus on the world."
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