The president of the CE, von der Leyen: the EU has a solid plan to retal against US tariffs if necessary

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said Tuesday: “We do not necessarily want to retal. But if necessary, we have a solid plan to do so and we will use it.”

Additional comments

“We will carefully evaluate US ads to give a calibrated response.”

“All instruments are on the table for countermeasures.”

“We have the power to counteract US tariffs.”

Market reaction

The euro (EUR) remains impassive before these holders, with EUR/USD losing 0.07% in the day to quote about 1,0800 at the time of writing.

Euro price today

The lower table shows the percentage of euro change (EUR) compared to the main currencies today. Euro was the weakest currency against the Japanese yen.

USD EUR GBP JPY CAD Aud NZD CHF
USD 0.06% 0.10% -0.16% 0.07% 0.02% 0.14% -0.13%
EUR -0.06% -0.02% -0.27% -0.04% -0.10% 0.03% -0.25%
GBP -0.10% 0.02% -0.27% -0.03% -0.08% 0.05% -0.23%
JPY 0.16% 0.27% 0.27% 0.24% 0.19% 0.30% 0.05%
CAD -0.07% 0.04% 0.03% -0.24% -0.06% 0.07% -0.21%
Aud -0.02% 0.10% 0.08% -0.19% 0.06% 0.13% -0.18%
NZD -0.14% -0.03% -0.05% -0.30% -0.07% -0.13% -0.27%
CHF 0.13% 0.25% 0.23% -0.05% 0.21% 0.18% 0.27%

The heat map shows the percentage changes of the main currencies. The base currency is selected from the left column, while the contribution currency is selected in the upper row. For example, if you choose the euro of the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US dollar, the percentage change shown in the box will represent the EUR (base)/USD (quotation).

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Source: Fx Street

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