歐盟公佈720億歐元清單，將對波音、美國汽車和波本威士忌徵收關稅

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EU Targets Boeing, US Cars and Bourbon With €72 Billion List

Bloomberg - Jorge Valero, Lyubov Pronina and Alberto Nardelli

Tue, July 15, 2025 at 4:18 a.m. PDT·3 min read

(Bloomberg) -- The European Union has finalized a second list of countermeasures to target US goods worth €72 billion ($84 billion), including Boeing Co. aircraft, automobiles and bourbon if it decides to retaliate against Donald Trump’s tariff policy.

Trump on Monday said he is still open to more trade negotiations with the EU after announcing over the weekend a 30% levy on EU imports that will kick in on Aug. 1 if the two sides fail to agree on a better deal. EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic was planning to speak with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick late Monday as he pushes for a settlement that the EU insists must be mutually beneficial to both sides.

“We’re always open to talk,” the US president told reporters at the White House. “We are open to talk, including to Europe. In fact, they’re coming over. They’d like to talk.”

Over the weekend, Trump set out his plans for higher EU tariffs which Sefcovic called “effectively prohibitive” to transatlantic trade. EU trade ministers met in Brussels on Monday to discuss next steps.

The additional EU duties would also be slapped on US machinery products, chemicals and plastics, medical devices, electrical equipment, wines and other agricultural goods, according to a 206-page list prepared by the European Commission and seen by Bloomberg News.

The list, initially hitting American goods totaling €95 billion, was cut down after consultations with companies and member states. Countries must give their approval before the list’s adoption. The suite of measures pre-dates the weekend letter threatening to raise tariffs to 30% and represents the EU’s response to an earlier so-called reciprocal tariff of 20% hitting most goods as well as the additional levies on cars and car parts of 25%.

European Commission representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment early Tuesday morning. The list, which was reported earlier by Politico, does not include a tariff rate for the goods.

Keep Talking

The preference among most EU officials is to keep negotiations on track, while maintaining the threat of retaliation.

“We have until the end of this month to conduct the talks. Over the weekend, I added my voice to calls for not applying reciprocal levies,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday at a news conference in Bavaria. “But the American government shouldn’t underestimate our willingness to react to an excessive tariff burden with similar measures.”

Benjamin Haddad, France’s minister for European affairs, said the response from Brussels should include the option of using the EU’s anti-coercion mechanism — which can be invoked to impose taxes on US tech giants. “In this negotiation, you need to show strength, you need to show force, unity and resolve,” Haddad told Bloomberg Television.

Over the weekend, the EU announced it was set to extend a suspension of tariffs on a first list of €21 billion of US products in response to additional steel and aluminum tariffs from Trump.

The EU’s new list of targeted US products includes more than €65 billion of industrial goods, including mostly aircraft (nearly €11 billion), machinery (more than €9.4 billion) and cars (nearly €8 billion). More than €6 billion of US goods hit are agri-food products, mostly fruits and vegetables (nearly €2 billion) and alcoholic drinks (€1.2 billion).

The broad package also includes precision equipment and instruments (nearly €5 billion), toys and hobby equipment (more than €500 million), sports guns (nearly €300 million) or musical instruments (around €200 million).

Some of the criteria to choose the goods were the availability of alternative sources of supply and products where the risk of relocation is high, according to the document. Imported military products will not be subject to the duties.

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歐盟公佈720億歐元清單，將對波音、美國汽車和波本威士忌徵收關稅

(彭博社)- 歐盟已敲定第二份反制措施清單，如果決定對特朗普的關稅政策進行報復的話，將針對價值720億歐元（約合840億美元）的美國商品，其中包括波音公司的飛機、汽車和波本威士忌。

特朗普週一表示，他仍願意與歐盟進行更多貿易談判。先前，特朗普上週末宣布，如果雙方未能達成更有利的協議，將從8月1日起對歐盟進口產品徵收30%的關稅。歐盟貿易專員 Maros Sefcovic 計劃於週一晚些時候與美國商務部長盧特尼克會談，推動達成一項歐盟堅稱必須對雙方互利的協議。

美國總統在白宮對記者表示。 「我們總是願意進行對話」; 「我們願意對話，包括與歐洲的對話。事實上，他們正在過來。他們願意對話」。

上週末，特朗普宣布了提高歐盟關稅的計劃，Sefcovic 稱其對跨大西洋貿易「實際上是一種限制」。歐盟貿易部長週一在布魯塞爾舉行會議，討論下一步。

根據彭博新聞社看到的歐盟委員會編制的一份長達206頁的清單，歐盟也將對美國機械產品、化學品和塑膠、醫療器材、電氣設備、酒類和其他農產品徵收額外關稅。

這份清單最初涉及總額達950億歐元的美國商品，但在與企業和成員國磋商後有所縮減。該清單的通過必須獲得各國的批准。這一系列措施早於週末威脅將關稅提高至30%的美國信函，是歐盟對先前所謂的對等關稅, 即對大多數商品徵收20%的關稅, 以及對汽車和汽車零件徵收25%的附加稅的回應。

週二凌晨，歐盟委員會代表尚未立即回應置評請求。 Politico 先前報導的這份清單並未包含這些商品的關稅稅率。

繼續談判

大多數歐盟官員傾向於保持進行談判，同時保持報復威脅。

德國總理 Friedrich Merz 週二在巴伐利亞州的新聞發布會上表示: 「我們必須在本月底之前進行談判。上週末，我呼籲不實施對等關稅」; 「但美國政府不應低估我們採取類似措施應對過高關稅負擔的決心」。

法國歐洲事務部長 Benjamin Haddad 表示，布魯塞爾的回應應該包括使用歐盟反脅迫機制 - 即是對美國科技巨頭徵稅。Haddad 告訴彭博電視台： “在這場談判中，你需要展現實力，你需要展現力量、團結和決心。”

上週末，歐盟宣布將延長對首批價值210億歐元的美國產品暫停徵收關稅的期限，去回應特朗普對鋼鐵和鋁徵收的額外關稅。

歐盟新針對美國產品的清單涵蓋了價值超過650億歐元的工業產品，其中主要包括飛機（近110億歐元）、機械設備（超過94億歐元）和汽車（近80億歐元）。超過60億歐元的受制裁美國產品是農產品，主要包括水果和蔬菜（近20億歐元）和酒精飲料（12億歐元）。

這項廣泛的一攬子計劃還包括精密設備和儀器（近50億歐元）、玩具和業餘愛好設備（超過5億歐元）、運動用槍械（近3億歐元）或樂器（約2億歐元）。

文件稱，選擇這些商品的標準包括是否有替代供應源以及產品遷移有高風險。進口軍用產品不需繳關稅。

              So, the EU has finalized a second list of countermeasures to target US goods worth $84 billion, including Boeing Co. aircraft, automobiles and wines if it decides to retaliate against Donald Trump’s tariff policy. Apparently, the EU is telling the American that they shouldn’t underestimate EU’s willingness to react to an excessive tariff, and believes that EU needs to show strength, unity and resolve in dealing with the US.