US officials press European countries to maintain access for American defense companies as EU plans €150 billion ReArm initiative that could limit participation of non-EU firms amid growing transatlantic tensions.
Since war weapons are bought by the government with public money, putting tariffs on them doesn’t do anything. You can only make an effect with tariffs on purchases by private entities. In that sense the EU could put tariffs on weapon parts that European manufacturers buy from the US. I am not sure how big that market is though. AFAIK a lot of EU components end up in US weapons, for instance optics for military vehicles.
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Hey, the US can still bid on EU arms programs, but we’ll have to put a 200% tarriff in to balance the trade, because that’s totally how it works.
Wait, let me check with chatGPT to confirm.
Yep, that’s how it works!
Since war weapons are bought by the government with public money, putting tariffs on them doesn’t do anything. You can only make an effect with tariffs on purchases by private entities. In that sense the EU could put tariffs on weapon parts that European manufacturers buy from the US. I am not sure how big that market is though. AFAIK a lot of EU components end up in US weapons, for instance optics for military vehicles.
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You could more easily exclude US products from tenders for security/strategic reasons. That is easier to achieve and more honest.