Phil Hogan was tapped to be the EU’s next trade chief on Tuesday, and he wasted no time in signalling that he will be a tough customer for the Trump administration to deal with.
“Obviously we are going to do everything we possibly can to get [Donald] Trump to see the error of his ways and hopefully that he will be able to abandon some of the reckless behaviour that we have seen from him in relation to his relationship with China and describing the European Union as a security risk,” Mr Hogan, an Irishman, told national broadcaster RTE in an interview.
Mr Hogan also warned that if Mr Trump continued “this particular dynamic of protectionism”, Brussels would “continue to forge deals around the world”.
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