Trump vows new tariffs after EU retaliates on steel, aluminum: Live Updates
Tensions between the U.S. and the European Union escalated Wednesday as President Donald Trump vowed to impose new tariffs in response to the EU’s retaliatory measures. The dispute follows Washington’s decision to implement 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, prompting Brussels to announce counter-tariffs on $28 billion worth of U.S. goods starting in April.
What to know:
- The EU plans to reintroduce tariffs on $8 billion of U.S. exports and impose new duties on $18 billion more.
- Trump said the U.S. would implement “reciprocal tariffs” to match the EU’s countermeasures.
- The president criticized the EU for trade imbalances, claiming the bloc was “set up to take advantage of the United States.”
- The EU reported a $169 billion goods trade surplus with the U.S. in 2023 while running a $113 billion deficit in services.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that tariffs disrupt supply chains and harm businesses and consumers.
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ICE wastes $16 million on Guantanamo Bay operation as migrants back in US
The Department of Homeland Security released images of the first flight carrying undocumented migrants to Guantanamo Bay.
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The Trump administration has spent $16 million on housing migrants in Guantanamo Bay’s naval base in Cuba, according to multiple reports.
All of the migrants detained at Guantanamo Bay have been transferred to Louisiana over the past two days, according to reports by ABC News and the New York Times.
Newsweek contacted the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for comment via email outside of normal office hours.
In January, President Donald Trump announced plans to detain up to 30,000 immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally at Guantanamo Bay ahead of deportation as part of his hard-line crackdown.
Trump said he was signing an executive order “to instruct the departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay.”
Guantanamo Bay is widely recognized for its military prison, established after the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Read the full story by Billal Rahman on Newsweek.
