{"id":185696,"date":"2026-05-04T11:09:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=185696"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:55:36","slug":"european-auto-industry-back-in-the-firing-line-as-trump-reignites-25-tariff-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/05\/04\/european-auto-industry-back-in-the-firing-line-as-trump-reignites-25-tariff-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Europese auto-industrie weer onder vuur nu Trump opnieuw dreigt met 25%-tarieven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p3\">De handelsovereenkomst tussen de VS en de EU, die vorige zomer nog werd gesloten, vertoont nu al barsten. President Trump kondigt een terugkeer naar het tarifaire draaiboek aan en stelt voor om een 25% heffing op te leggen aan Europese auto's en vrachtwagens. Maar deze keer is de aanleiding zowel geopolitiek als economisch.<\/p><p class=\"p3\">De tarievendreiging van Donald Trump is al een tijdje uit beeld, maar hij is niet verdwenen. Afgelopen vrijdag voerde hij de handelsbarri\u00e8res tegen Europa weer op door op zijn Truth Social platform aan te kondigen dat hij van plan is de invoerrechten op auto's en vrachtwagens uit de Europese Unie te verhogen tot 25 procent. Met andere woorden, de oorspronkelijke tarifaire dreiging van toen hij aantrad.<\/p><div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\">Deze inhoud is gearchiveerd. <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/subscription\/\">Inloggen of abonneren<\/a> tot een niveau dat toegang heeft tot gearchiveerde inhoud.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trade deal between the US and the EU, which was agreed just last summer, is already showing cracks. President Trump signals a return to the tariff playbook and proposes imposing a 25% duty on European cars and trucks. 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President Trump signals a return to the tariff playbook and proposes imposing a 25% duty on European cars and trucks. But this time the trigger is geopolitical as much as economic.Donald Trump\u2019s tariff menace has been out of the picture for some time, but it hasn\u2019t vanished. Last Friday, he ratcheted up trade barriers against Europe again, announcing on his Truth Social platform that he intends to raise import duties on cars and trucks from the European Union to 25 percent.&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/europe\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Europe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/export\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Export<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/industry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Industry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/legislation\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Legislation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/market\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Market<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/top-stories-today\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Stories Today<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/usa\/\" rel=\"category tag\">USA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/weekly-newsletter\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly Newsletter<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Piet Andries","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/author\/piet-andriesgmail-com\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>European auto industry back in the firing line as Trump reignites 25% tariff threat - newmobility.news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/05\/04\/european-auto-industry-back-in-the-firing-line-as-trump-reignites-25-tariff-threat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_BE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European auto industry back in the firing line as Trump reignites 25% tariff threat - newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The trade deal between the US and the EU, which was agreed just last summer, is already showing cracks. 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