While in the EU struggling for common positions in the “trade war”, you are struggling against each other in the ÖVP. Because Minister of Economy Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer was openly introduced the Mercosur deal, there is criticism from the Farmers’ Association and an explosive counter-proposal.
How does Europe react to the customs attacks from the US? That is why on Monday by the EU trading ministers during a specially planned meeting in Luxembourg. The trade union is under pressure. The German Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck announced yesterday that the American rates will respond to steel and aluminum input. The day after tomorrow, Member States want to vote for a list of countermeasures. It includes the rates, whiskey and motorcycles imposed in 2018 during Trump’s first term of office. In general it is a volume of 26 billion.
Trump’s business adviser, the billionaire Elon Musk, now sees a danger in the “trade war” inincted by the US president. Musk now argues for a free trade zone between the US and Europe. Habeck places a certain “fear” for the consequences for business bosses such as Musk.
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However, the ÖVP is currently struggling. Economic Minister Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer recently approved the controversial Mercosur deal. This led to an open farmers uprising in the ÖVP. The position of Hattmannsdorfer does not correspond to the party line and the valid decision of the National Council that Austria should appear against the Pact in the EU. Some in the ÖVP even feel reminded of the green minister Leonore Gautler, who had voted against the will of the ÖVP at the EU level, for the Renature Act and was even shown by the People’s Party.
The minister then posted a video from the plane to Luxembourg in which he campaigned for trade agreements. And immediately received a counterattack by party and ministerial colleagues Norbert Tettschnig. “There is a negative decision by the National Council. We cannot allow pressure on our producers to rise at the time,” the Minister of Farmers prevented.
And in turn, stripes with a claim that the Minister of Economic Affairs should not taste – the mandatory indication of food in food in the catering trade. In contrast to the Mercosur deal, the new government has agreed on improvements.
Source: Krone
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