Trump Threatens Tariffs If EU Doesn't Buy More US Oil and Gas

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Since then, the EU has reinvented its trade doctrine and expanded its toolbox, giving it a range of options to counter coercive practices.
48% : The EU also adopted a so-called foreign subsidies regulation, which allows the commission to prevent foreign companies that receive unfair state handouts from participating in public tenders or merger-and-acquisition deals in the bloc, among other measures.
37% : LNG buyers -- including the EU and Vietnam -- have already talked about purchasing more fuel from the US, in part to deter the threat of tariffs.
31% : The bloc was largely caught off-guard in 2017 when Trump, citing national security concerns in his previous term as president, levied tariffs on European steel and aluminum.
22% : Trump has threatened tariffs against countries from China to Canada, and is particularly focused on nations that have trade deficits with the US.
20% : EU officials and member states have been bracing for a trade offensive ever since Trump's election victory last month.
18% : Trump has multiple grievances against the EU and has criticized Europe for not spending enough on defense and for the US-EU trade deficit.

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