Furious EU condemns Trump's 'major blow to the world economy', accuses US of creating 'chaos' and threatens counter-measures as global leaders react in horror to Donald's 'Liberation Day'

The European Union has condemned Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs arsenic 'a large stroke to the satellite economy', with satellite leaders going connected the antiaircraft arsenic they digest what the bombshell measures volition mean for planetary trade.

'There seems to beryllium nary bid successful the disorder. No wide way done the complexity and chaos that is being created arsenic each US trading partners are hit,' European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

Responding to the 20 percent tariffs connected EU exports to the United States, she said Brussels was 'finalising a archetypal bundle of countermeasures' and preparing to instrumentality more.

The EU main warned that the 'uncertainty' created by President Trump's melodramatic determination 'will spiral and trigger the emergence of further protectionism,' adding that 'the consequences volition beryllium dire for millions of radical astir the globe.' 

She said that portion it was 'not excessively precocious to code concerns done negotiations', the EU would not hesitate to bring successful much 'to support our interests and our businesses if negotiations fail.'

The UK, retired of the EU and presenting itself arsenic a cardinal US ally, has been deed with little tariffs than the neighbouring 27-state bloc. 

But Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has admitted that the 10 per cent tariff imposed connected UK exports to the US by President Trump volition 'clearly' person an economical impact, adding that the authorities would 'fight for the champion deal'.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a long-time state of Trump, roundly criticised his acceptable of tariffs connected imports from the EU and urged a deal, informing a commercialized warfare would 'inevitably weaken the West'.

'The instauration by the US of tariffs towards the EU is simply a measurement that I see incorrect and that does not suit either party,' she said.

The Italian premier's bureau said she had cleared her diary contiguous to absorption connected the effect to the tariffs hike.

Meanwhile Irish lawman premier Simon Harris warned that the EU 'has to respond if the US refuses to engage, refuses to negotiate.'

Speaking to reporters extracurricular Government Buildings successful Dublin, Harris said the EU was acceptable to respond arsenic a 'much larger economical trading bloc' than the US, adding: 'We can't conscionable benignant of basal idly by.

'I deliberation the attack taken by the president to the committee contiguous is calm, is measured, is balanced, it's fundamentally saying 'we'll respond if we person to, but we'd overmuch alternatively talk. We're acceptable to respond. We're prepared to respond, but we'd overmuch alternatively speech and engage.'

France's President Macron, who has not publically commented connected the tariffs truthful far, is acceptable to clasp an exigency gathering with representatives of sectors 'impacted by the tariff measures' today.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou described the tariffs arsenic 'a catastrophe for the economical world.'

'It is an immense trouble for Europe,' helium said. 'I judge that it is besides a catastrophe for the United States and for American citizens.' 

Berlin said that it backed the EU successful its efforts to question a 'negotiated solution' with Washington implicit caller tariffs but besides warned the bloc was acceptable to deed backmost with 'a balanced, wide and determined response' if talks fail.

German system curate and vice chancellor Robert Habeck warned that 'US tariff mania' could 'drag countries into recession and origin monolithic harm worldwide. With dire consequences for galore people.'

'For consumers successful the US, the time volition not beryllium 'Liberation Day' but 'Inflation Day',' helium said, referring to the word Trump utilized to picture the caller duties.

With Europe's biggest economy, Germany stands to beryllium deed hard by the caller tariffs arsenic its sells immense amounts of goods, from cars to pharmaceuticals, to the United States.

After Switzerland was deed with 31 percent tariffs, President Karin Keller-Sutter said the authorities would rapidly determine connected the adjacent steps.

'The country's semipermanent economical interests are the priority. Respect for planetary instrumentality and escaped commercialized are fundamental,' she said.

Suggesting countermeasures and utilizing a EU emblem emoji, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote connected X: 'Friendship means partnership. Partnership means truly and genuinely reciprocal tariffs. Adequate decisions are needed.'

Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said this greeting that his authorities is acceptable to instrumentality enactment to support the country's companies and consumers from the effects of the caller tariffs announced by United States President Donald Trump.

The caller tariffs are 'unfair and unjustified,' helium said successful an interrogation with vigor presumption RNE.

The EU is anxious to negociate to debar a commercialized warfare though would person to retaliate if determination is nary country for negotiation, Cuerpo said, echoing his counterparts crossed the bloc.

There are besides concerns successful Europe that Trump's higher customs duties volition pb to a flood of inexpensive goods from different countries, particularly China. 

Bernd Lange, who leads the EU parliament's commercialized committee, slammed Trump's 'unjustified, amerciable and disproportionate measures'.

European manufacture groups called Trump's determination counterproductive for nations and customers alike.

The German Automotive Industry Association said the tariffs would 'only make losers' and urged the EU to enactment 'with indispensable force, portion continuing to awesome its willingness to negotiate'.

The Association of the German Chemical Industry called connected the EU to 'keep a chill head,' informing that 'a spiral of escalation would lone summation the damage'.

The EU had already been deed by respective US tariff announcements since Trump returned to bureau successful January, including a 25 percent levy connected car imports that came into unit connected Thursday.

The bloc's producers were besides affected by a 25 percent US tariff connected alloy and aluminium from astir the satellite - to which Brussels has already promised countermeasures to statesman successful mid-April.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned countries not to retaliate.

'Sit back, instrumentality it in,' helium told Fox News. 'Because if you retaliate, determination volition beryllium escalation'.