6 minutes agoEU press revenge trade tariffs against US
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(a year ago)European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that EU revenge tariffs on American exports have been postponed again. The charges, which were due to begin Tuesday, came in response to the initial tax of steel and aluminum import by US President Donald Trump. <x)
The charges, which were due to begin Tuesday, came in response to the initial tax of steel and aluminum import by US President Donald Trump.
The EU's <x0 euro taking, which would have reached 21 billion euros in American goods, was suspended for the first time in March. This break has lasted until early August”, von der Leyeen said at a news conference Sunday.
EU Trade Ministers are expected to meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss how to respond, Telegrafi broadcasts.
This comes after Trump wrote a letter to von der Leeyen, announcing his plans to impose 30% tariffs on EU imports from August 1st.
He warned that if the trade partner were to retaliate with its import tariffs The United States, it would retaliate by increasing tariffs of over 30%.
In a pre-registered interview with Fox News, which was aired Saturday night, Trump said several places were highly concerned now “ ”, but he insisted the tariffs meant “hundreds of billions of dollars” that were running “”.
Von der Leyen told reporters Sunday: “The United States has sent us a letter with measures that will come into effect if there is no negotiated solution, so we will extend the suspension of our counter-mass until early August. At the same time, we will continue to prepare for countermass in order to be fully prepared”.
The European Commission president insisted that the EU “has always been very clear that we prefer a negotiated solution”.
This remains so and we will use the time we now have until August 1st”, she added.
EU Trade Ministers will meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss how strong a line should be to follow Washington.
Germany's Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Sunday that “serious and resolved-oriented negotiations “with the US were still needed, but added that if they fail, the EU would need “decisive counter measures to protect jobs and businesses in Europe”.
Our “The hand remains extended, but we will not accept anything”, Klingbeil told the daily newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
His comments came after French President Emmanuel on Saturday urged the European Commission, which negotiates on behalf of all the EU countries of “, decisively protecting European interests”.
Since Saturday, the Trump administration has proposed tariff conditions for 24 countries and the EU, which consists of 27 countries.
On 12 April, White House business adviser Peter Navarro established a goal to secure “90 agreements in 90 days”.
So far, the president has announced the sketches of two such pacts with the United Kingdom and Vietnam, while negotiations with others continue. /Periscope/
