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EU vows retaliation after Trump slaps 25 percent duty on foreign cars

A Volkswagen car dealership in Essen, Germany. AP - Martin Meissner

The European Union has vowed to take "proportionate and necessary" action after US President Donald Trump announced steep new tariffs on all foreign-made cars, a move set to fuel tensions with trading partners worldwide.

"What we're going to be doing is a 25 percent tariff on all cars that are not made in the United States. If they're made in the United States, it is absolutely no tariff," Trump said at the White House on Wednesday.

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