Pulling around a trade agreement between the EU and the US continues. US President Donald Trump had threatened the EU during the weekend with fixed rates of 30 percent from August. This then responded with possible against -Tariffs worth 72 billion euros. Now negotiates again.
Trump was open on Monday for further negotiations with Brussels. EU representatives would come to the United States for conversations, the president said. It always costs two hands to clap, said EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic. A deal must be worthwhile for Europe, ultimately by both the Member States and the European Parliament.
If negotiations fail, countermeasures would be started. As reported, the EU had threatened on Monday with against -tariffs of 72 billion euros. On the list of imports from the US there were planes, cars and Bourbon whiskey. Preparations for possible countermeasures are now about industrial and agricultural products from the United States. This list has recently been adjusted. It originally contained import worth 95 billion euros.
Solution should be on August 1
The dialogue now continues to come to a negotiating solution by 1 August, Sefcovic said. This is the date for which Trump had announced the entry into force of a customs of 30 percent for the import of the EU. “Our goal is and remains a solution at the negotiating table,” said the Minister of Economic Affairs of Austria Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer (ÖVP). The EU must “take place consistent and confidently”.
Many other governments such as Irish and Croatian also insisted on further negotiations in Brussels. The French government called for a harder line. “Of course the situation has to change our strategy since Saturday,” says the French Foreign Minister Laurent Saint-Martin.
Source: Krone
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