The European Handel Commissioner, Maros Sefcovic, has met his American counterpart, Howard Lutnick. “The EU strives for important negotiations, but is also willing to defend our interests,” explained Sefcovic after the meeting.
The European trade commissioner, Maros Sefcovicwas transferred to his American counterpart this Friday, Howard Lutnickthat the commercial relationship between the European Union (EU) and the United States’ needs’ a new approach ‘.
“The commercial relationship between the EU and the US prepared to defend Our interests, “said Sefcovic on his social networks after the meeting he held at Lutnick, who lasted two hours, and in which the American trade representative has also been present, Jamieson Gerer.
They have one “Franco Exchange”According to the European Commissioner of Trade, in which he assured that it was “clear” and transferred to his discussion partners that “American rates are harmful and unjustified.”
After this first meeting since the American president, Donald Trump announced, announced New rates From 20 % to EU import last Wednesday, the three have been agreed to continue “in contact”, according to the European Commission of Trade.
Although the exclusive commercial competence falls on the community leader, the ministers of the trade of the twenty -seven will meet Next Monday in Luxembourg To maintain a “political discussion” about the European response to Washington beyond The first measures.
To do this, Brussels continue to prepare New retaliation To answer the rest of Trump rates, in particular the “mutual” surcharge of 20 % that Washington justifies for domestic VAT or phytosanitarian measures that the block forces to meet within the internal market.
Brussels does not require what instruments will activate, but insists that “all options are on the table”, including the New anti -instrumentA “last resort” instrument that approved the EU two years ago to be able to respond to economic threats by third parties.
Impulse for relations with other global partners
It is also part of the European strategy to impulse the relationships of the block with other global partners, which the European Commission spokesperson said today, Olof Gill “They are more important than ever.”
This Friday the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenand the president of the European Council, António Costa, held the first in Samarkanda Central UE-Asia summit ((Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrguistan, Tayikistan and Turkmenistan).
The European Commission showed all this diplomatic dedication to the Travel to India At the end of February and also places commercial negotiations with Mercosur, Mexico, Chile, Switzerland, Malaysia, Indonesia or the Gulf States.
Source: EITB
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