Trump tears up part of EU tariff deal to raise import duties on cars and lorries

The deal agreed last year reduced tariffs on EU cars to 15% from a proposed 50% Photograph: Krisztian Bocsi/Getty Images

Donald Trump has said he is tearing up part of the tariff deal he struck with EU leaders at his golf course in Scotland last summer, criticising Brussels for taking so long to ratify the deal.

Blindsiding Brussels late on Friday, a public holiday in much of Europe, he announced that he would be increasing tariffs on cars and lorries imported into the US from the EU from 15% to 25% from next week.