Trump Threatens Tariffs on EU Cars Over Lobster Levies

The U.S. may add new tariffs on cars from the European Union unless the EU ends tariffs on U.S. lobsters, President Donald Trump said while speaking in Maine June 5. “European Union charges us a tariff; they don’t charge Canada a tariff,” Trump said. “This is for the press: So Canada doesn’t pay a tariff for the same exact lobster in the same waters, but we pay a tariff. If European Union doesn’t drop that tariff immediately, we’re going to put a tariff on their cars, which will be equivalent -- coming in -- come in for nothing, which is ridiculous.” Trump said White House adviser Peter Navarro would be in “charge of that one.” Navarro will “be the lobster king now,” Trump joked.