An interesting observation is that the tariffs are half of what the other country is charging. Does that mean this was a common strategy across the board? Or was strategic importance of goods considered?
And that figure is questionable. Read "including currency manipulation and trade barriers". This is the same presidency that believes the "EU was made to screw USA over", and accused them, Japan and practically every other major economy of manipulating their own currency to harm US. It's improbable that rate has any basis in reality, but surely a detailed breakdown of how they came to that number will be published.. not.
It's made up. It's based on our trade deficit with them, which has absolutely nothing to do with tariffs.
The EU simply doesn’t charge 40% rates on the bulk of US goods. Let alone the random countries that all somehow have 10% tariff rates in the US.
Also includes British Indian Ocean Territory. The only people who live there are on a US military base on Diego Garcia.