European Commission says will ‘keep our options open’ over Trump tariff threat – POLITICO

The European Commission said it will “keep our options open” as the EU weighs U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 percent tariff on automobiles and auto parts from Europe, raising the prospect of a transatlantic trade war.

Trump announced Friday night on Truth Social that he would increase the tariff on cars and trucks from the current 15 percent in response to the EU “not complying” with the trade deal reached by the two sides in Scotland last summer.

In response, a spokesperson for the European Commission said the bloc was implementing the Scotland deal “in line with standard legislative practice, keeping the U.S. administration fully informed throughout.”