El presidente Donald Trump anunció este viernes que la próxima semana aumentará los aranceles que impone a automóviles y camiones de la Unión Europea al 25%, una medida que puede provocar un fuerte impacto en la economía mundial en un momento frágil. Sin dar detalles, Trump argumentó que la UE «no está cumpliendo con nuestro Acuerdo Comercial plenamente acordado».

Trump hizo el anuncio sobre el aumento en Truth Social y aclaró: “Se entiende y se acepta plenamente que, si producen coches y camiones en plantas de EE.UU., NO HABRÁ ARANCEL.”

Y agregó que “actualmente están en construcción muchas plantas de automóviles y camiones, con más de 100.000 millones de dólares invertidos, un RÉCORD en la historia de la fabricación de coches y camiones. Estas plantas, con personal de trabajadores estadounidenses, abrirán pronto — ¡Nunca ha habido nada como lo que está ocurriendo en Estados Unidos hoy en día!”

«I will be increasing Tariffs charged to the European Union for Cars and Trucks coming into the United States. The Tariff will be increased to 25%. It is fully understood and agreed that, if they produce Cars and Trucks in U.S.A. Plants, there will be NO TARIFF.» – President… pic.twitter.com/7vC3Nh7iPD

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 1, 2026

El jefe de la Casa Blanca y la presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen, habían rubricado el acuerdo comercial en julio, que había establecido un arancel del 15% sobre la mayoría de los bienes. La UE también acordó comprar energía por valor de 750.000 millones de dólares a EE. UU. como parte de ese acuerdo.

Ese acuerdo fue notablemente inferior al arancel del 30 por ciento que el presidente había amenazado para la UE y así evitó una guerra comercial entre ambas partes.

Pero el estatus del pacto de 2025 se puso en duda por primera vez después de que el Tribunal Supremo dictaminara este año que el presidente republicano carecía de la autoridad legal para declarar una emergencia económica e imponer aranceles a los productos de la UE.

El acuerdo inicial había sido un techo arancelario del 15% sobre los productos procedentes de la UE, pero la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo lo redujo al 10% cuando el gobierno de Trump lanzó un nuevo conjunto de impuestos a la importación basados en otras leyes.

El gobierno de Trump está en medio de investigaciones sobre desequilibrios comerciales y riesgos para la seguridad nacional para imponer un nuevo régimen arancelario, que podría poner en riesgo el acuerdo con la UE.

La UE había dicho que esperaba que el acuerdo bilateral ahorrara a los fabricantes europeos entre 500 y 600 millones de euros (entre 585 y 700 millones de dólares) al mes.

El valor del comercio de bienes y servicios entre la UE y Estados Unidos ascendió a 1,7 billones de euros (2 billones de dólares) en 2024, o una media de 4.600 millones de euros al día, según la agencia de estadísticas de la UE Eurostat.

«Un acuerdo es un acuerdo», dijo la Comisión Europea en febrero tras la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo. «Como mayor socio comercial de Estados Unidos, la UE espera que cumpla sus compromisos establecidos en la Declaración Conjunta, así como la UE mantiene sus compromisos. Los productos de la UE deben seguir beneficiándose del trato más competitivo, sin aumentos de aranceles más allá del límite claro y inclusivo previamente acordado.»

Los nuevos aranceles anunciados por Trump surgen en el contexto de la guerra con Irán, que ha provocado un aumento de las tensiones entre Estados Unidos y varios países europeos.

Trump ha criticado sistemáticamente a los miembros europeos de la OTAN por no ayudar a EE.UU. en la guerra contra Irán, mientras que las naciones europeas se han negado a permitir que los militares estadounidenses utilicen su espacio aéreo en distintos momentos del conflicto.

Además, se da en medio de un aumento de precios del combustible en el mundo por el cierre del Estrecho de Ormuz, con una suba en los surtidores estadounidenses de casi el 50% desde el inicio de la guerra. El aumento de tarifas subiría también el precio de los automóviles en EE.UU.

Un sitio de la oposición demócrata comentaba con ironía el anuncio del presidente: “Trump anuncia con orgullo que no solo el combustible es más caro, sino que los autos también”

A progressive candidate aiming to unseat a vulnerable Republican in a battleground House district is leaning into a politically fraught issue that has dogged the Democratic Party. 

Tina Shah, an ER physician and former Biden administration official, appeared to back taxpayer-funded sex change procedures for minors in a video obtained by Fox News Digital. 

When asked whether children should have the «right to transgender healthcare,» Shah replied, «This is a no-brainer.»

«Healthcare is a right, period,» the New Jersey Democrat added. «It includes transgender children.»  

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Shah is one of four relatively well-funded Democrats vying to take on Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., in November’s midterm elections. Kean’s suburban swing seat is considered one of the most competitive House districts in the country.

Shah’s apparent embrace of «transgender healthcare» for minors aligns with the views of her former boss, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, who denounced Republican-led states cracking down on child sex-change procedures during the Biden administration. Shah served as a senior advisor to Murthy in 2021 and 2022.

The National Republican Congressional Committee, House Republicans’ campaign arm, sharply criticized Shah’s support for «transgender healthcare» for children in a statement to Fox News Digital.

«Radical Democrat Tina Shah said it loud and clear: She’d be a vote for radical policies like sex changes for minors and taxpayer-funded drag queens,» NRCC spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole said. «Shah is completely out of step with Garden State families.» 

Fox News Digital reached out to Shah’s campaign prior to publication.

Shah’s remarks come as some Democrats have blamed the party’s lurch to the left on the issue for its poor performance in the 2024 election.

Major medical groups, which previously offered full-throated support for child sex changes, have also largely retreated from the issue, with the American Medical Association in February saying those procedures should be generally postponed to adulthood. 

Still, Democrats in Congress have not made a clear attempt to calibrate on transgender issues.

Just a handful of Democrats crossed party lines in 2025 to vote for GOP-authored legislation that would have criminalized child sex changes. Kean was among nearly all Republicans who supported the bill.

Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., is running for a third House term in 2026 after fending off Democratic challengers in prior election cycles. (Getty Images)

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The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates Kean’s re-election bid a «toss-up.» The election prognosticator downgraded the race for Republicans last year after Gov. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., carried the swing district by two points.

Shah entered April with nearly $1.4 million in the bank, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings. Navy veteran Rebecca Bennett and businessman Brian Valera, who are also vying for the Democratic nomination ahead of the June primary, have posted similar fundraising numbers.

Kean’s campaign notably dwarfs the field with roughly $3.4 million cash on hand. 

The GOP incumbent, who fended off a competitive Democratic challenge in 2024, has come under recent scrutiny for a prolonged absence from Congress due to an unspecified health issue.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., narrowly carried Rep. Tom Kean Jr.’s battleground district in 2025. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

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Kean has missed 52 roll call votes in the House since March 17, amounting to a 100% absence rate, according to GovTrack, a website that monitors congressional activities. 

«My doctors continue to assure me that my recovery will be complete and that I will be back to the job I love very soon,» he said in a statement last week. «I expect to return to a full schedule and be at 100 percent.»

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is ramping up efforts to crack down on food stamp fraud nationwide, targeting what officials say is a loophole allowing some wealthy individuals to qualify for government benefits.

Secretary Brooke Rollins posted on X this week that a single state has 14,000 individuals on SNAP benefits who also drive luxury vehicles like Ferraris, Bentleys and Lamborghinis. 

She warned fraudsters the USDA is working to close a loophole under the Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility policy used to qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits despite having the financial means to purchase cars for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Rollins told Fox Business this week that the department is «getting very, very close to being able to fix that» loophole.

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SNAP, the largest federal anti-hunger program in the United States, has long been a target of conservatives pushing for reforms, and Rollins spoke to «The Ingraham Angle» on Thursday night to shed light on just how widespread some of the issues are.

«We’ve found 500,000 people getting more than one benefit illegally, we found 244,000 dead people — this is just the red states,» Rollins said about what she’s discovered going through the data from the states that have agreed to provide it since her first day on the job.

«We have arrested 895 different people in the last year for illegally using the food stamp system and, of course, now we’re talking about what is happening with that money,» she added.

USDA data shows 4.2 million fewer food stamp recipients during President Trump’s first year in office as the administration continues to crack down amid reports from all across the country that food stamps are being misused.

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A We Accept Food Stamps sign hangs in the window of a grocery store in Miami, Fla., on Oct. 31, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

«Food stamp waste and fraud is out of control,» Republican congressional candidate in Orange County and CAL DOGE Director Jenny Rae Le Roux told Fox News Digital. «California alone loses nearly $14M every day from SNAP to EBT skimming, out of state and country beneficiaries, and eligibility lapses – at a time when technology exists to close every gap, quickly.»

In March, Fox News Digital reported on a Minnesota man, Rob Undersander, who said that despite being a millionaire, he was able to qualify for food stamps. Undersander has been sounding the alarm on the issue ever since and has testified on the issue in Minnesota and before Congress.

«Reintroducing basic guardrails like an asset test is a common-sense step to restore integrity, ensure benefits go to those who truly need them and protect the long-term viability of the program,» America First Policy Institute Health & Harvest Campaign Director Matt Schmid said in March. «This isn’t about taking help away. It’s about making sure SNAP works the way it was intended to.»

Additionally, USDA issued a press release on Thursday outlining the «reorganization» plan Rollins has within the SNAP program, which includes moving the food nutrition resources and staff out of Washington, D.C. to other cities like Indianapolis, Dallas, Denver and Kansas City.

A USDA spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Friday the announcement «aligns with the Food and Nutrition Administration’s mission, to nourish those in need through financially sound programs that promote health and work, as well as champion the productivity of American agriculture.»

«As the Food and Nutrition Administration begins its refocusing of operations, all 16 federal nutrition programs will continue without disruption. Pertaining to Indianapolis, it has a lower cost of living, one of the top airports in the country, and has excelled at innovative program delivery.»

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Ultimately, the administration says the reforms will end up helping the people who depend on the assistance the most.

«Since its inception, SNAP has helped our most vulnerable citizens afford the essential and nutritious food they need,» Rollins and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote in a Fox News op-ed in March. «At least, that is what the program is supposed to do.»

«Over time, however, SNAP has been taken advantage of, allowing many to game the system and leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without healthy, nutrient-dense food options.»

Fox News Digital’s Katelyn Caralle contributed to this report.