Ursula von der Leyen intends to continue chatting with Donald Trump. Following the announcement of US President Customs duties of 30% In imports of the August 1 block, the president of the European Commission announced this Sunday, July 13 that the EU would also extend the suspension of countermeasures tariffs aimed at the United States “until the beginning of August”.
This first list of retaliation rights on US products worth around 21 billion euros was suspended until midnight on Tuesday, July 15. Ursula von der Leyen, therefore, intends to continue negotiations to avoid the unilateral tax of customs barriers raised by the United States.
Until now, Brussels was trying to obtain a first agreement to provide a customs rate of around 10% and fought to obtain ray in important sectors as aeronautics and the car. Despite Donald Trump’s warning, discussions could continue before August 1.
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However, the president of the European Commission said Sunday that the EU continued to prepare “countermeasures” at a press conference that announced a “political agreement” on a commercial agreement with Indonesia. “We are fully prepared,” he added.
The European Union has “tools” to defend against US customs duties, particularly the “services” that the United States exports to Europeans, defended Kaja Kallas on Sunday, the head of European diplomacy.
“It remains to be seen if we are ready to do something,” he said in the gallery on Sunday.
For his part, the German Finance Minister said that “decisive” measures will be necessary to counteract customs tasks of the United States if negotiations with Washington do not lead to a “fair” agreement.
Lars Klingbeil argued in the Sweddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that “serious negotiations and oriented towards solutions” with the United States were still necessary, but that in case of failure, the European Union would need “decisive countermeasures to protect jobs and companies in Europe.”
Source: BFM TV
