The president’s threats to slap duties on goods imported from the European Union are part of a pattern of directing the harshest penalties at the United States’ closest allies.

By Daphne Psaledakis, David Lawder and Bart H. Meijer WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European leaders were bracing for U.S. tariffs on Monday after President Donald Trump imposed sweeping levies on Mexico,

Some of the purported concessions that led to a 30-day pause on the tariffs were things Canada and Mexico had already done before Trump’s threat, but it’s complicated.