The European Union (EU) is prepared to retaliate against President Trump’s existing and upcoming tariffs, although the trade bloc is open to negotiations with Washington, according to European

European Commissioner Ursula Von der Leyen says the European continent is ready to respond in kind to President Donald Trump's tariffs.

European officials concede that measures against companies like Google or Meta could escalate the trade war, but they say Trump has shifted the goalposts.

We have excess capacity” at manufacturing plants, Fain said, using near identical framing as the White House. “They could bring work back in very short order.”

The president has circled April 2 as the culmination of his "American first" economic policy, which has already shaken markets and started a trade war.

To hear President Donald Trump tell it, the world is full of crafty foreigners who use “unfair” tariffs and other trade barriers to steal jobs and wealth from hapless Americans. But foreigners have their own complaints about the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that larger tariffs could be placed on the European Union and Canada if they both work together "to do economic harm to the USA."

Shares in the US have bounced back, despite tariff fears hitting stocks in Asia and Europe after US President Donald Trump suggested that he was planning import taxes that could hit "all countries". Trump's comments came as he prepares to unveil a massive slate of import taxes on Wednesday,