2025-04-09 21:21
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2025-04-09 21:21
Maintaining close transatlantic relations is a common responsibility of Europeans and Americans; Let's use the next 90 days as possible – emphasized Prime Minister Donald Tusk, referring to the announcement by the US President Donald Trump 90 -day break in the use of elevated duties.
Trump announced on Wednesday that he would raise duties imposed on goods from China to 125 percent. At the same time, he ordered a 90-day break in the use of increased duties for other countries. At this time, customs are to be 10 percent.
Tusk referred to this on Wednesday evening on the X. “Maintaining close transatlantic relations is a common responsibility of Europeans and Americans, regardless of temporary turbulence. So let's use the next 90 days as well as possible” – wrote the head of government.
In addition to this phrase, the day after President Trump and his spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt assured that he did not consider the 90-day suspension of duties. Even the US representative of trade (UPR) Jamieson Greer seemed surprised by the announcement of the decision, who at the time of Pause announced before the budget committee of the House of Representatives. He admitted that he learned about Trump's decision during hearing, although he added that there were discussions about this. Steven Horsford's Democrat congressmen, asking him, broke out with anger and began to shout at Greera, accusing the administration of market manipulation. “Who makes decisions here?! It seems that certainly not a US representative for trade (…) This is not a game!” Congresmen shouted.
Share prices on Wall Street recorded rapid and enormous increases just after the announcement of Trump's decision, making up a large part of the losses from the last four days. Within a few minutes after the announcement, the Dow Jones indicator increased by almost 7 percent, while NASDAQ technological – by 10 percent.
A few hours earlier, when the session was opened at Wall Street, Trump appealed to remain calm. He emphasized that it was a “great time” to buy. Trump wrote Truth Social on his social networking site: “Keep calm! Everything will work well. The US will be bigger and better than ever before.” (PAP)
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