US threatens 50% tariff on all European Union goods
The EU's trade chief calls for a deal based on "respect" with the United States.
Trade disputes between the United States and the European Union continue as President Trump threatens a 50% tariff on all EU goods starting June 1st. We go to Brussels to hear the reaction from the European Union.
Also in the programme: We will be discussing the humanitarian criticism from the international community to Israel over the worsening situation in Gaza, and we reflect on the life and work of Sebastiao Salgado, the Brazilian photographer and environmental campaigner, who has died at the age of 81.
Joining presenter Paul Henley are Sari Bashi, an American-Israeli human rights lawyer and former Programme Director at Human Rights Watch and Shaun walker, Guardian correspondent for Ukraine and Russia.
(Picture: U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura)
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