The European Commission has given a contract to eliminate fees to the US About all industrial goods As part of business negotiations, Ursula van der Leine said, while emphasizing her will at the same time Retaliation Against Donald Trump’s policies If the conversations have failed.
Trump has announced a 20% public fee to import from the EU, which will come into effect on April 9. Steel, aluminum and cars are subject to a separate 25% fee. Overall, 380,000 million euros will be affected in the products made in the EU. They are Measurement Drug products, copper, wood, semiconductor and energy.
“We are ready to negotiate with the United States. In fact, we have paid zero charges for industrial products because we have successfully done with many business partners,” said the Chairman of the Commission on Monday afternoon. “Europe is always ready for a good agreement. So we put it on the table. But we are ready to respond to the opposite measures and protect our interests. “A similar zero contract for a similar zero was awarded in the past For the automobile departmentVan Ter Lain said, but there was not Washington’s “enough” reaction.
In recent days, the Commission has expanded the offer for all industrial products as conversations have intensified, a spokesman said. No more details contributed. “We would like to get a negotiation solution,” said Von Ter Lean, its administrator would use all the tools available for “if needed”, including this Reaction tool It was introduced in 2023, but never implemented.
According to Van der Lean’s, a “important turning point for a US”
Van der Leine has described common Trump fees An important turning point As far as US consumers and corporations are concerned with the United States, which advises a “massive” blow to the world economy. Although Washington is mutually described as mutual, Brussels rejects its logic, ensuring that it is not “Do not be reliable or justified“.
In addition Immediate impact on business flows between the EU and the United StatesThis is at risk of billions of euros, and the Commission is concerned about the potential changes in Trump’s decision in international trade, Especially in Asia.
The countries of this continent have been defeated with higher proportions than the European camp: 24%for Malaysia, 26%for India, 32%for Indonesia, 36%for Thailand, 46%for Vietnam, 48%for Laos and 49%for Cambodia. China imposed 34%”mutual” fee, which adds the previous 20%, which refers to 54%of the total. Beijing already has the opposite ability.
Stages are highly restricted, Asian countries rely on exports, and Brussels fear that it will be outside the US market And exclude their products as an alternative to Europe. China is one reason for special concern because it is already under intense study of flooding in the west With low -cost products And strongly subsidized.
During his speech on Monday, von der Leinen announced The creation of a new task team to monitor the changes In the world trade. “We will protect ourselves from indirect effects through trade deviation. For this purpose, we will create a functional monitoring team of imports,” he said. “We will see what the historical imports we have. We must act in a specific elastic or in a particular field of a particular product.”
