Though the U.S. State Department had assured the Finnish Embassy on Thursday that "the ban does not reflect hostility towards the EU or Europe", Ville Skinnari, the Finnish Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, said however the fact that the UK, not "immune to the coronavirus", has been left outside "gives rise to speculation".
Apart from political uproar, there has also been wide spread concern of the negative effect the ban will have on businesses.
Alain Battisti, president of French National Federation of Commercial Aviation, which represents 95 percent of French air transport sector, told French media LeParisien that it is "a political decision" and that French companies should lose "between one and two billion euros. "We are in an irrational crisis," he said.
Finnish business representatives noted to local media that travel to the U.S. had been restricted already, but that the total ban would be a real nuisance.
In the meantime, many think the ban will not only alienate transatlantic relations but also a diversion of U.S. domestic problems.
"In a time where the EU is challenged to its core, the U.S. is closing its borders and turning its back on allies," tweeted Benjamin Haddad, director of the Future Europe Initiative at Atlantic Council.
German government coordinator for transatlantic relations, Peter Beyer, accused Trump of politically abusing the coronavirus crisis. Beyer told the German Press Agency that the entry ban imposed by Trump is "excessive" for Europeans.
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