Donald Trump threatened to impose 17% tariffs on food and farm produce exports from Europe during talks in Washington this week, it has emerged.

Such tariffs would hit everything from Belgian chocolate to Kerrygold butter from Ireland and olive oil from Italy, Spain and France, all big sellers in the US.

First reported in the Financial Times, sources confirmed that the EU trade commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, was given the warning on Thursday when he met the US treasure secretary, Scott Bessent, trade representative Jamieson Greer and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick.

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    28 days ago

    When American farms can’t harvest because migrant workers are being deported, this chucklefuck wants to tariff produce from other countries.

    Stable genius.

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      28 days ago

      He wants us to fight each other so the billionaires don’t have to fight all the non billionaires. Well Trump couldn’t give a shit, Miller and all the other gouls simping for the heritage fucks, they want to destroy the country.