“We must respond in a firm but also smart manner,” Costa said in the interview.
“That means we must reach a negotiated solution. Tariffs mean taxes. Taxes that American consumers will pay, that American companies will pay. It won’t be good for Americans but it will also be bad for Europeans,” he added.
“Going into a tariff war isn’t the best path but we must, indeed, respond in such a way that we can find a negotiated solution in the common and mutual interest of the United States and Europe – of the American economy and the European economy.”