The European Union intends to introduce retaliatory tariffs on US goods on April 15.

April 7, MINSK . Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani stated that the EU does not intend to delay the introduction of retaliatory tariffs on American goods, TASS reported , citing the ANSA news agency.
The Italian Foreign Minister also noted that the list of goods subject to the tariffs will be determined by April 8.

"The EU tariffs will come into force on April 15 and will apply to a number of American goods. This is an old 'frozen' list, and although I requested a delay, the position to introduce the tariffs from April 15 prevails," the Deputy Prime Minister said on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting in Luxembourg. "The second part should come into force on May 15, and negotiations can still be conducted until then," he added.

The Italian minister hopes that whiskey will be excluded from the list of American goods, which would "save wine from being subject to higher tariffs" in the United States .

As previously reported, the European Commission will present a list of American goods subject to additional duties on Monday, April 7, in response to Washington's tariffs on EU steel and aluminum. it will include MEAT , wine, timber, grains, clothing, as well as vacuum cleaners, diamonds, chewing gum, dental floss, and toilet paper . The list may also include American bourbon, on which the EC intends to impose a 50% tariff, to which Trump has threatened a countermeasure—a 200% tariff on all European goods.ALCOHOL .