Donald Trump to impose 25% auto import tariffs and threatens EU and Canada if they retaliate to cause harm
Donald Trump announced automobile tariffs and many are not pleased:
Trump to impose 25% tariff on all imported vehicles and foreign-made auto parts
Foreign governments and carmakers criticized the new import taxes, which drew threats of retaliation and pushed down auto stocks around the world.March 27, 2025
President Donald Trump and the White House announced a series of sweeping tariffs on foreign-made cars and auto parts Wednesday, a prelude to the April 2 “Liberation Day” duties that are expected to hit a wide variety of goods made by many of the largest U.S. trading partners. …
However, companies that import vehicles under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will get special consideration until the Commerce Department establishes a process for levying the 25% duties, the White House said. …
Foreign leaders and automakers also criticized the tariffs. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said his government was “putting all options on the table” to respond, while the German Association of the Automotive Industry said the tariffs sent “a disastrous signal for free, rules-based trade.”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the tariffs a “direct attack” on Canadian workers and said he was considering additional retaliatory tariffs. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she deeply regretted the U.S. decision … https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/trump-auto-tariffs-which-companies-how-much-when-what-to-know-rcna198223
Germany urges strong response to Trump’s auto tariffs
27 March 2025
Germany‘s Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Thursday urged a strong European Union (EU) reaction to the US import tariffs on cars declared by President Donald Trump.
“It must be clear that we will not give in to the US. We need to show strength and self-confidence,” Habeck said. …
Habeck it would be “bad news for he US,” along with German carmakers, the German economy, and the EU.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described Trump’s tariffs as “bad for businesses, worse for consumers.”
Elsewhere in Europe, France’s Finance Minister Eric Lombard said the “only solution” would be for the EU to raise tariffs on US products in response.
Meanwhile, the UK said it was not planning any retaliatory measures “at the moment.”
“We are looking to secure a better trading relationship with the United States. I recognize that the week ahead is important. There are further talks going on today, so let’s see where we get to in the next few days,” said Rachel Reeves, Britain’s finance minister. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-urges-strong-response-to-trumps-auto-tariffs/a-72052735
Notice that the EU wants strong retaliatory measures, but the UK is taking a less negative stance.
As far as trade with the UK and Europe go, notice something from my latest book available at Amazon Kindle: Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency: Is Donald Trump Fulfilling Biblical, Islamic, Greco-Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and other America-Related Prophecies? as well as Amazon print :
In 2024, it was reported that Donald Trump believes that the USA has a special relationship with the UK and wants to give the British a more favorable trade agreement than he wants to give those in the European Union. (p. 20)
Trade
Historically, Donald Trump has called for “fair trade” and indicated that various nations, including several in Asia, are not engaged in fair trade, so he has proposed high tariffs.[i]
Donald Trump has called tariffs, “the most beautiful word in the dictionary” and even proposed massive tariffs (up to 2000%) on Mexico if it will not do what he wants.[ii] He has basically also proposed a minimum of 10% tariffs on goods from much of the rest of the world.
Some believe that Donald Trump’s positions on trade will lead to a global trade war.[iii] Europe has said it will hit back against Donald Trump’s tariff policies.[iv] It is my position that trade disputes will be a factor in Europe taking military action against the USA one day.
One of the unintended consequences of Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs and other trade matters is that it is motivating nations he has threatened to look to trade more with each other. … (pp. 51-52)
The USA itself, as well as Donald Trump specifically, have repeatedly shown the Europeans that it does not trust them, yet it sometimes will trust them too much. According to the Bible, the time will come when the USA will find that continental Europe will be an enemy (cf. Isaiah 10:5-11) and not an ally (Ezekiel 23:4,9-10; Lamentations 1:1-2). (p. 58)
- Pushing tariffs and other policies that foreign nations do not like is contributing to other nations looking to bypass the USA dollar, as well as trade more with each other and less with the USA. This will further push various globalist’s moves forward without the USA. This is also helping set the stage for the coming European Babylonian Beast to dominate international trade. (p. 210)
[i] Trade: Donald J. Trump’s Vision. https://www.donaldjtrump.com/policies/trade accessed December 16, 2016
[ii] Pan J. Donald Trump calls tariff ‘the most beautiful word,’ threatens up to 2,000% tariff to block Mexican car imports. Yahoo News, November 3, 2024
[iii] Islam F. Will Trump’s victory spark a global trade war? BBC, November 7, 2024
[iv] Vella JH. EU’s game plan for Trump trade war: ‘Hit back fast and hard.’ Polico.eu, October 21, 2024
(Thiel B. Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency: Is Donald Trump Fulfilling Biblical, Islamic, Greco-Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and other America-Related Prophecies? Nazarene Books, 2025)
Donald Trump made a retaliatory threat:
March 27, 2025
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.”
“If the European Union works with Canada in order to do economic harm to the USA, large scale tariffs, far larger than currently planned, will be placed on them both in order to protect the best friend that each of those two countries has ever had,” he said in a post on Truth Social. https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/trump-tariffs-eu/2025/03/27/id/1204533/
Now, the Wall Street Journal put out the following:
Trump’s Tariff War Forces Allies to Choose Resistance or Surrender
Canada and the EU have fought back, the U.K. and Mexico haven’t, and nobody knows which strategy will ultimately work
President Trump’s trade war is forcing America’s closest allies to choose between fighting back, or acquiescing. The trouble is, nobody has figured out which is the best way to get Trump to do what they want.
The European Union and Canada have led the charge against Trump’s tariffs, threatening their own duties on tens of billions of dollars on American goods … 03/25/25 https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/tariff-war-retaliate-936dfd43
So, what will happen?
There will be tariffs and compromises in this trade war.
Let’s look at something else from my latest book available at Amazon Kindle: Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency: Is Donald Trump Fulfilling Biblical, Islamic, Greco-Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and other America-Related Prophecies? as well as Amazon print :
The USA will be attacked by “friends” consistent with the following:
1 How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!The princess among the provinces
Has become a slave!2 She weeps bitterly in the night,
Her tears are on her cheeks;
Among all her lovers
She has none to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;They have become her enemies. cf. Lamentations 1:1-2).
Notice the one who was “great among the nations” will be conquered by friends, who will become enemies.
The USA was prophesied to be “great” in Genesis 48:19 and is considered by international sources to be great among the nations of the world today.
The USA is turning “friends” into enemies.
And while the Europeans will make nice sometimes, they are more and more upset with the USA and are taking military steps that the USA will one day regret (cf. Isaiah 10:5-11; Daniel 11:39).
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