The European Union's trade surplus with the United States and its deficit w...
FILE PHOTO: Aerial view of containers at a loading terminal in the port of Hamburg, Germany August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
The EU surplus in goods trade with the United States expanded to 11.5 billion euros in January, from 10.1 billion in January 2018, EU statistics office Eurostat said. U.S. President Donald Trump has complained repeatedly about Europe’s trade surplus with his country, imposing tariffs to curb imports of EU steel and aluminum and threatening to do the same for the much larger trade in cars and car parts.
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