The Tariff war With the United States is close to starting. Although the administration led by Donald Trump only threatened to climb the tariffs to Mexico and Canada and did not do it thanks to negotiations, the Republican President continues to plan a tariff rise that would especially affect the European Union.
Trump has in mind to apply, as of April of this year, A “reciprocal” tariff up To the countries of the European Union that would equate the VAT that they apply to the United States. That is, in the case, for example, of Spain, the US would rise to 21% tariffs with US products that are exported to our country.
Given this issue, the laSexta barometer has asked the Spaniards if you consider that the European Union should also respond to the United States with a tariff increase. The division is total, with something more than 50.8% of respondents believe there should be an answer of the EU while 48.6% oppose the idea.
The differences are among voters of the different political formations. Add and PSOE voters are in favor of responding with more tariffs, more than three out of four respondents, while PP and Vox voters prefer not to respond to Trump’s demands.
Regarding whether the tariff war with the United States, 70% of respondents have recognized that they are quite or very worried about the situationwhile only 28% that does not worry about anything or very little Trump’s possible increases. The most concerned are the voters of adding, above 80% and PSOE. In the PP, the division is total with two equal parts that feel concern and not for the commercial war.
Source: Lasexta
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