Saturday, July 12, 2025

Trump Announces 30 Percent Tariffs Against EU, Mexico (Connecting the Dots: European Union (EU), Mexico & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Trump Announces 30 Percent Tariffs Against EU, Mexico (Connecting the Dots: European Union (EU), Mexico & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax.com

Saturday, 12 July 2025 09:45 AM EDT

(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-tariffs-eu/2025/07/12/id/1218518/

President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he's levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico.

Trump announced the tariffs on two of the United States' biggest trade partners in letters posted to his social media account.

In his letter to Mexico's leader, Trump acknowledged that the country has been helpful in stemming the flow of undocumented migrants and fentanyl into the United States.

But he said the country has not done enough to stop North America from turning into a "Narco-Trafficking Playground."

Trump in his letter to the European Union said that the U.S. trade deficit was a national security threat.

"We have had years to discuss our Trading Relationship with The European Union, and we have concluded we must move away from these long-term, large, and persistent, Trade Deficits, engendered by your Tariff, and Non-Tariff, Policies, and Trade Barriers," Trump wrote in the letter to the EU. "Our relationship has been, unfortunately, far from Reciprocal."

Trump is in the midst of an announcement blitz of new tariffs with allies and foes alike, a bedrock of his 2024 campaign that he said would set the foundation for reviving a U.S. economy that he claims has been ripped off by other nations for decades.

With the reciprocal tariffs, Trump is effectively blowing up the rules governing world trade. For decades, the United States and most other countries abided by tariff rates set through a series of complex negotiations known as the Uruguay round. Countries could set their own tariffs – but under the "most favored nation" approach, they couldn’t charge one country more than they charged another.

With Saturday's letters, Trump has now issued tariff conditions on 24 countries and the 27-member European Union.

Connecting the Dots:

Javier Solana was a high representative for common foreign & security policy for the European Union (EU), is a director at the Human Rights Watch, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights Watch and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor at the Human Rights Watch, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Ernesto Zedillo was a board member for the International Crisis Group and the president of Mexico

Carlos Pascual was a U.S. ambassador for Mexico and a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Human Rights Watch and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was a benefactor at the Human Rights Watch, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Javier Solana is a board member for the International Crisis Group, a director at the Human Rights Watch, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was a high representative for common foreign & security policy for the European Union (EU).

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