The European Union is preparing for a trade fight with America in the wake of the Trump administration’s push for a higher baseline tariff as a prerequisite for a trade agreement with the bloc, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The EU is mulling countermeasures in response to a report Friday that President Donald Trump is seeking baseline tariffs of 15%-20% in any trade deal with the bloc of 27 European countries. Even Germany, which had been pressing for an acceptance of Trump’s baseline tariffs of 10% to reach a quick deal with the U.S., is joining countries like France in a push for a tougher stance against the new demands, according to the Journal’s report on Sunday.

“All options are on the table,” a German official said Friday, according to the Journal. “If they want war, they will get war.”

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