American trump regime, aiming to reduce the trade deficit, triggered import restrictions imposing high tariffs on iron and steel and aluminum products in March this year due to the threat to security, in March this month, I added the EU to the target.

On the other hand, the EU has been considering impose retaliatory duties on imported goods from the United States.

The European Commission, the EU 's enforcement agency, announced on 20th that it will apply retaliatory tariffs on 22th as it has completed the legal process.

In addition to iron and steel, aluminum products, agricultural products and industrial products totaling 2.8 billion euros, in Japanese yen it is about 360 billion yen, unless the United States excludes the EU from continuing I am doing.

Also, if the WTO = the World Trade Organization judges the measures of the United States to be illegal, it further states that it will also dutifiy even imported goods totaling EUR 3.6 billion and approximately 460 billion yen, It is said that it will be about the same scale as US measures.

President Trump has suggested that if the EU invokes retaliatory tariffs so far, it will impose new tariffs on vehicles imported from the EU to the United States, and between the United States and the EU However, there is concern that the trade friction will intensify.