Most in survey of Europeans support retaliatory tariffs against US

I am aware of the legal challenges, ... but this has been discussed in the G7 context and if there is a will, there is a way.”

Rehn said

We need to find a combination of national and European solutions,

Rehn said

If you look at the impact of these two factors, they may create both upside and downside risks to inflation,

Rehn said

There is an economic and a political logic,

Rehn, a former European economy commissioner, said

Europe has not started this confrontation. We do not necessarily want to retaliate, but if it is necessary we have a strong plan to retaliate and we will use it,

she said

We will approach these negotiations from a position of strength. Europe holds a lot of cards, from trade to technology to the size of our market,

she continued

Europe has not started this confrontation,

Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Union’s executive, said in a speech

The whole trade volume between us is $1.5 trillion,

she said in a speech, also noting

I hear Americans when they say some others have taken advantage of the rules. I agree. We also suffer from it. So let’s work on it,

Von der Leyen said

Tariffs are taxes that will be paid by the people,

she added

Our objective is a negotiated solution. But of course, if need be, we will protect our interests, our people, and our companies,

von der Leyen told the European Parliament in Strasbourg

We will assess tomorrow's announcements carefully to calibrate our response,

said von der Leyen

Europe did not start this confrontation. We think it is wrong. But my message to you today is also that we have everything we need to protect our people and our prosperity,

she told a sitting of the European Parliament

I say to the US: Europe's goal remains cooperation. But if the US leaves us no choice, as with the tariffs on steel and aluminium, we will respond as a united European Union (EU),

Scholz said

It is clear that we, as the European Union... will react clearly and decisively to the United States' tariff policy,

Scholz said ahead of the opening of a trade fair in Hanover

Canada is a proud, independent nation, Canada has friends all over the world and especially here in Germany and Europe,

he said at the Hanover trade fair

So many Europeans feel utterly disheartened by the announcement from the United States,

von der Leyen said

American factories will pay more for components that are produced in Europe. This will cost jobs,

she said

I want to be very clear on the aim of our response. We think that this confrontation is in no one’s interest,

she said