U.S. Trump digging deeper ditch between coasts of Atlantic: Slovenian daily "Vecer"

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While commenting on the U.S. plans of punitive tariffs on steel and aluminum, the Slovenian major daily "Vecer" (The Evening News) said on Friday the U.S. President Donald Trump "is digging an increasingly deeper ditch between the two coasts of the Atlantic."

"Since moving into the White House, Trump has also been ruthlessly extorting EU countries to increase their defence spending," the daily added.

Vecer's report comes as EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss topics concerning the complex and disadvantageous global environment for the EU.

"On one hand, he is threatening to introduce levies on European steel and on the other he is perversely forcing Europe to buy American steel in the form of arms," Vecer notes in the commentary Alliance of Steel.

It says the EU should not live under the illusion that the U.S. under Trump would not resort to similar measures in targetting European democratic forces that object to "the damaging policies of Trump's administration".

Early this month, the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovenia (AmCham) has expressed regret about the U.S. administration's plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, warning that it would unfairly target European manufacturers and could prompt retaliatory measures from the EU.

AmCham Slovenia warns of the risk that the unilateral decisions will harm "cross-atlantic economic and political links, which could jeopardise jobs, investment and security on both sides of the Atlantic. U.S. companies employ more than 4.7 million workers in Europe." 


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