Some people have argued that Trump really believes in free trade and he’s just playing hardball to get there. This has always been wrong. Trump’s a mercantilist:
“Hours earlier, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told the European Parliament's trade committee that the EU is "willing to bring down even our car tariffs to zero, all tariffs to zero, if the U.S. does the same."
Trump said that the offer is "not good enough," adding that European "consumer habits are to buy their cars, not to buy our cars."
“Hours earlier, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told the European Parliament's trade committee that the EU is "willing to bring down even our car tariffs to zero, all tariffs to zero, if the U.S. does the same."
Trump said that the offer is "not good enough," adding that European "consumer habits are to buy their cars, not to buy our cars."