U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday the European Union should step up U.S. oil and gas imports or face tariffs on the bloc's exports that include goods such as cars and machinery.

Donald Trump has threatened to impose import tariffs on the European Union unless it carries out large scale purchases of American oil and natural gas. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social,

President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on the European Union unless it purchases more oil and gas from the United States – an intimidation tactic that Trump has wielded against other countries as well.