EU REPORTER: In the looming trade war between the European Union and the United States, the consensus seems to be, that means to avoid this crisis are spare. Jean-Claude Juncker made it clear in a speech in Hamburg that “we also have to be this stupid”, in reference to the retaliatory tariffs on a number of American products. US tariffs on steel and aluminum are set to cost Europe tens of thousands of direct and indirect jobs, writes Bill Wirtz.