Claim: When asked whether he would impose tariffs on cars imported from the European Union, President Donald Trump, as he regularly does, used an inflated figure for the trade balance between the U.S. and the EU. The deficit was $101 billion for 2017, not $151 billion, as he repeatedly claims.
Fact-check: Trump's Habit of Inflating Trade Deficits - FactCheck.org
Verdict: when asked whether he would impose tariffs on cars imported from the european union, president donald trump, as he regularly does, used an inflated figure for the trade balance between the u.s. and the eu. the deficit was $101 billion for 2017, not $151 billion, as he repeatedly claims.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2019-02-22T22:58:15