America’s largest trade partner , the European Union, is among the entities awaiting word Monday on whether U.S. President Donald Trump will impose punishing tariffs on their goods, a move economists have warned would have repercussions for companies and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic. Trump imposed a 20 percent import tax on all EU-made products in early April as part of a set of tariffs targeting countries with which the United States has a trade imbalance . Hours after the nation-specific duties took effect, he put them on hold until July 9 at a standard rate of 10 percent to quiet financial markets and allow time for negotiations. Expressing displeasure the EU’s stance in trade talks, however, the president said he would jack up the tariff rate for European exports to 50 percent. A rate that high could make everything from French cheese and Italian leather goods to German electronics and Spanish pharmaceuticals much more expensive in the U.S. The EU, whose 27 member nations operate as a single economic bloc, said its leaders hoped to strike a deal with the Trump administr
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