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The Eu­ro­pean Union on Wednes­day an­nounced re­tal­ia­to­ry trade ac­tion with new du­ties on U.S. in­dus­tri­al and farm prod­ucts, re­spond­ing with­in hours to the Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion’s in­crease in tar­iffs on all steel and alu­mini­um im­ports to 25%.

The world’s biggest trad­ing bloc was ex­pect­ing the U.S. tar­iffs and pre­pared in ad­vance, but the mea­sures still place great strain on al­ready tense transat­lantic re­la­tions. On­ly last month, Wash­ing­ton warned Eu­rope that it would have to take care of its own se­cu­ri­ty in the fu­ture.

The EU mea­sures will cov­er goods from the Unit­ed States worth some 26 bil­lion eu­ros ($28 bil­lion), and not just steel and alu­mini­um prod­ucts, but al­so tex­tiles, home ap­pli­ances and agri­cul­tur­al goods. Mo­tor­cy­cles, bour­bon, peanut but­ter and jeans will be hit, as they were dur­ing Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s first term.