• The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a list of 95 billion euros ($107.4 billion) worth of U.S. imports potentially subject to tariff countermeasures.
• The EU's executive arm also said it would launch a dispute with the World Trade Organization over the U.S.' "reciprocal" tariff policy and duties on cars and car parts.
• "It is the unequivocal view of the EU that these [U.S.] tariffs blatantly violate fundamental WTO rules," the European Commission said in a statement.

The European Union's executive arm on Thursday said it would launch a dispute with the World Trade Organization over the U.S.' "reciprocal" tariff policy and duties on cars and car parts.

The European Commission further said it had launched a public consultation on countermeasures targeting U.S. imports worth 95 billion euros ($107.4 billion), to be implemented if a trade deal is not reached with Washington.

The list features hundreds of agricultural and industrial items, along with bourbon, tequila and other spirits — a sore point between the trading partners, with U.S. President Donald Trump in March threatening to put a . No specific retaliatory tariff rate was announced.

The EU is currently seeking to to avoid Trump's on all U.S. imports from the bloc. Trump has also slapped a , hitting , along with a 25% rate on steel and aluminum.

Numerous aircraft and vehicle components are also included in the EU list released Thursday, which would impact U.S firms such as plane maker .

"It is the unequivocal view of the EU that these [U.S.] tariffs blatantly violate fundamental WTO rules," the European Commission said in a statement.

"The EU's objective is thus to reaffirm that internationally agreed rules matter, and these cannot be unilaterally disregarded by any WTO member, including the US."

The dispute will take the form of formally lodging a request for consultations.

In a Thursday statement, EC President Ursula von der Leyen said: "The EU remains fully committed to finding negotiated outcomes with the US. We believe there are good deals to be made for the benefit of consumers and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic."

John Plueger, chief executive of Air Lease Corp., told an analyst call on May 6: "Any measures that would seriously threaten deliveries of Boeing airliners to Europe, for example, on top of China would be a serious challenge even if that's the airline's responsibility." The company purchases Boeing aircraft and leases them to airlines around the world.

"If tariffs were to remain long term, it could ultimately serve as an incentive for U.S. aerospace manufacturers to look outside the U.S. to start additional production lines for product delivery outside the U.S.," Plueger added.

The EU has  an initial set of retaliatory measures agreed by member states in April — a response to the metals duties — to enable negotiations. The countermeasures, if implemented, will target around 21 billion euros worth of U.S. goods ranging from agricultural products to clothing, chiefly with a tariff rate of 25%.

The U.K. the first country to strike a trade arrangement with the U.S. amid the current tariff turbulence, though full details are yet to be announced.

Speaking during the announcement of the U.K. agreement, Trump said, "We intend to make a deal with Europe."

He reiterated his past claim that the EU treats the U.S. "unfairly" on trade — based on the country's trade deficit in goods with the 27-nation bloc — adding: "They very much want to make a deal. We'll be dealing with them. We are dealing with them currently."

— C온라인카지노사이트's Ganesh Rao contributed to this story.