The EU is set to impose tariffs on a range of US goods worth some $28 billion in response to President Donald Trump's decision to increase tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%

The tariffs primarily target Republican-held states, such as hitting soybeans in House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Louisiana.

The European Union is targeting Alabama and other Republican states in a retaliatory trade action, in the form of new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products. This response came within hours to the Trump administration's increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Wednesday that the European Union's retaliation against President Donald Trump's strengthened steel and aluminum tariffs shows that the bloc's trade policies are "out of step with reality.

The European Union responded to American steel and aluminum tariffs with its own tariffs on boats and bourbon — and pledges of more to come.

The EU responded almost immediately to the U.S. implementing tariffs on EU steel imports, further escalating a brewing trade war.

President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports came into force Wednesday, triggering a reprisal from the European Union as the global trade war enters a new and risky phase. The latest US tariffs — which were applied without exemptions — kicked in after a tumultuous day at the White House,