The European Union's executive branch said Thursday that the 27-nation bloc wasn't out to undermine the United States, as US President Donald Trump put it, but instead was the world's largest free market that has created an economic windfall for American companies working on and with the continent. The bloc also added it would vigorously fight a wholesale tariff of 25 per cent on all EU products headed for the US, as Trump has threatened in the latest round of vitriolic comments aimed at an age-old ally and economic partner. Thursday's EU pushback came after Trump told reporters that the European Union was formed in order to screw the United States. That's the purpose of it, and they've done a good job of it, adding it would stop immediately under his presidency. He said that the tariffs would be on cars and all other things. The moment the tariffs would be announced, the EU has said it would trigger tough countermeasures, on iconic US industries like bourbon, jeans and ...