“It is time to develop our negotiation method”, it is “necessary and urgent” to confer a “more political” and less technical dimension to the European delegation, estimated to the former European internal commissioner in an interview with the newspaper Les Echos.
This delegation must now be carried out, according to him, “by the president of the commission, Ursula von der Leyen in person, taking into account European political problems and figures.”
Ursula von der Leyen had reacted on Saturday measured to the announcement by the Tenant of the White House of Customs Duties of 30% against the European Union (EU), applicable on August 1.
“The commission must obtain a better agreement than the British”
In the hope of obtaining a more favorable agreement for this date, he said on Sunday that Brussels was not going to fight against US customs and aluminum customs tasks at the moment. The EU had prepared countermeasures at 21 billion euros in American goods imported to Europe, but these countermeasures are suspended until August 1.
“The commission must obtain a better agreement than the British. The opposite would not be acceptable,” said the former European commissioner, adding that “hundreds of thousands of European jobs are at stake” in current negotiations.
Until now, US officials have only revealed two agreements, with the United Kingdom and Vietnam, as well as a provisional reduction of customs duties with China.
The European Commission proposed to the 27 EU countries on Monday possible reprisals of up to 72 billion euros in the event that the United States is imposing 30% customs tariffs in its EU imports.
Source: BFM TV
