France, Feb. 27 -- The European Commission said it would will react "firmly and immediately" against what it would consider "unjustified" barriers to free trade after US President Donald Trump said he would announce a 25 percent reciprocal tariff on European imports.

In his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said the European Union was created to "screw" the United States, and said a 25 percent tariff on some European imports was in the works.

The EU "will react firmly and immediately against unjustified barriers to free and fair trade," a European Commission spokespersontold the Reuters news agency in response to a request for comment onTrump's remarks.

"The EU will always protect European businesses, worker...