As part of the EU’s $4 billion countermeasures against the US, the European Commission adopted on November 7, 2020 an Implementing Regulation 2020/1646 to impose an additional 25% duty on certain US products such as vanilla, cereals, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, etc.
Tensions between the European Union and the United States are not new. It all began with illegal aid granted by the European Union to Airbus, causing commercial damage to its American competitor Boeing.
