# European farmers urged the EU to prioritise negotiations over retaliation against US president Donald Trump’s tariffs onslaught, warning against a trade war. Pan-European farmers’ group Copa-Cogeca denounced Washington’s slapping of a 20-percent tariff on all EU goods, saying it threatened to disrupt global supply chains, and increase prices. But as Brussels readied countermeasures, the group, which says it represents 22-million farmers, warned against an escalation.
European farmers warn against escalation in trade war