EU exports to the US shrink - Additional tariffs are the main cause
European Union exports to the United States are shrinking due to additional tariffs imposed since Donald Trump took office in 2025. In a new development, Trump threatened on Friday to raise tariffs on cars and trucks imported from the EU to 25 percent.
The auto industry was one of the first and hardest-hit sectors in the EU. In 2025, EU vehicle exports to the United States fell by more than a fifth, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. And that was while the bloc’s total exports to the United States were still growing.
Judging by Eurostat figures, the negative impact of US tariffs was spreading to other major trade categories in the fourth quarter of last year. Overall EU exports to the US fell by 15 percent year-on-year from October to December, mainly affected by steel and chemical products.
This downward trend continued until the beginning of this year, with a sharp drop of almost 30 percent in the first two months. The EU trade chief has urged the United States to quickly restore the tariff levels agreed under last year's EU-US trade deal.
European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maros Sefcovic, met with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Paris. A key concern for the EU remains Trump's threat to raise tariffs on EU cars and trucks to 25 percent, according to Sefcovic.
Under the EU-US trade deal reached in July 2025, the EU would suspend tariffs on all US industrial products and impose tariff quotas on a wide range of US agri-food products entering the EU market. In return, the United States would apply a 15 percent import tariff on most EU goods.
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