Letters went to 23 other American trading partners this week, including Canada, Japan and Brazil, setting blanket tariff rates ranging from 20 percent

Europe faces existential threats. The only way to secure the continent’s future is for its individual countries to band together far more tightly than the EU.

On Saturday morning, Trump posted letters to his Truth Social account outlining his plans to impose 30% tariffs on goods coming into the United States from Mexico and the European Union starting next month, leaving a short window for potential trade deals before that deadline.