U.S. consumers who haven’t been buying American products and have been getting their Scotch whiskey, cheese, wine, coffee, olives, and cashmere sweaters from Europe will pay more for the privilege of supporting foreign producers who pay no taxes to America.
The Trump administration, on October 18, imposed 25 percent tariffs on several European imports following a World Trade Organization (WTO) decision that confirmed the E.U. gave illegal subsidies to the France-based aircraft company Airbus.