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Speaking to Radio Schuman, German socialist MEP Bernd Lange says that the EU has a whole range of measures to counter Donald Trump’s trade policy towards the EU.
The chair of the European Parliament’s committee of trade tells Radio Schuman how the EU can counter Donald Trump’s trade tariffs today.While there’s concern in Brussels about Trump’s call to slap tariffs on EU goods of at least 10 percent, officials have been scratching their heads on how to handle Trump. Earlier this month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed to replace Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports with those from the US. Socialist MEP Bernd Lange told us how the EU could strike back on Trump’s tariffs, drawing on the experience of the former US president’s first mandate in 2018.Lange also shared his concerns about Trump’s nomination of Howard Lutnik as the US’s future commerce secretary.In the second segment of the podcast, we offer a quick overview at the most important votes of the upcoming plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. In the last part of the show, Radio Schuman reveals the greatest fear of parents when their children go online.Radio Schuman is hosted and produced by Maïa de la Baume, with journalist and production assistant Eleonora Vasques, audio editing by Zacharia Vigneron and Georgios Leivaditis. Music by Alexandre Jas.
