Trump Duties on EU Cars Would ‘Destroy’ Trade Truce, Europe Says

A trans-Atlantic trade truce would collapse were the U.S. to impose duties on European Union cars or auto parts based on national-security grounds, said a senior EU official.

“If we should be slapped with car tariffs or tariffs on car parts as well, that would clearly destroy the prospect of a positive agenda,” Maria Asenius, the chief of staff of European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom, told a conference in Brussels on Monday. “We would have to re-assess our relationship.”