Brussels Is Getting Anxious at Trump’s EU Tariff Threats
The 27-nation bloc has trade heft and a series of counter-measures it can deploy, if pushed too far.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, speaking in Brussels in May.
Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg
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As Donald Trump presses ahead with his mission to upend the rules of global trade, European Union officials in Brussels are beginning to get nervous.