The European Union has been “away from an agreement” with the United States about tariffs
Despite ‘warm’ conversations with American guardians, the French finance minister admitted that the situation was ‘blocked’. The United States has already implemented additional European products and threatened to increase them, but the EU wants a solution to commercial difference.
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French Finance Minister Eric Lombard said on Thursday that the European Union and the United States are still away from an agreement about tariffs in the trade war launched by Donald Trump.
“We are still away from a deal,” in Washington, IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, cited his “warm” conversations with American Guardians.
Washington has already imposed 10% additional customs rights for European products entering the United States, and Trump has threatened to increase this surcharge to 20%. In addition, it imposes 25% customs rights on steel, aluminum and cars.
This week, the ruler said he had met with the White House’s chief financial adviser Kevin Haaset and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik, as well as his countercat besent at Washington Finance ministers.
In the event of these discussions, “I thought our communicators wanted to move forward as soon as possible,” he described the Europeans as “friends and friends”.
At his meeting with Howard Lutnik, Eric Lombard said that “many work domains” were opened to eliminate obstacles to trade between the two partners.
“We are trying to find things that can go ahead useful,” he said. He said he was trying to get out of “something blocked”.
Eric Lombard feels that new customs tariffs mainly affect the economy of the United States. “We hope this internal impact will lead to proposing adjustments to maintain,” he said.
“We want customs rights to return to the previous situation and even less if possible,” he said.
The minister also discovered “environmental change” from the tour of Washington, where he came together with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Donald Trump has been trying to find a commercial difference shortly after the European Union Donald Trump returned to the White House, accusing US President of US business partners of “stealing” his country.
