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Jakub Krupa
The EU could learn about Donald Trump’s proposal on tariffs today, after he declared overnight a group of US trading partners, including the bloc, would receive a letter “today or tomorrow”.
He declared:
“I’m talking European Union, which is, as you know, many countries, and Canada. We’ll be putting them out over the next couple of hours.”
He later issued a letter to Canada, ramping up the proposed tariffs to 35%, up from the current 25%, and threatening to increase it further if Ottawa seeks to retaliate.
Not a great sign.
You can imagine lots of EU diplomats will be nervously refreshing Truth Social today.
It’s Friday, 11 July 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.
Good morning.
