Business Reporter
Getty imagesThe RetaliaTyory Tariffs of the EU in the US export has been delayed, announced by the President of the European Commission Arsula von der Leyen.
Countermeasures, which are due to the start of Tuesday, there is a response to the US President Donald Trump’s initial steel and aluminum tax import.
The reciprocal of the EU, to hit € 21bn worth of us, first suspended in March. This break is kept until early in August, Von Der Leyen told a press conference on Sunday.
EU trade ministers are expected to meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss how to answer.
It came after Trump wrote a letter to the von der Leyen announcing his plans to impose 30% EU imports tariffs from 1 August.
He warned that if the trading partner eagerly eager to import themselves against the US, He returned by raising tariffs above 30%.
In a previous recorded interview with Fox News requested on Saturday night, Trump said some countries “powerful tariffs” hundred billion dollars “.
Von Der Leyen told Sunday reporters: “The United States has sent us a letter with steps that can be undertaken by our countermeasures until early August.
“At the same time, we will continue to prepare for countermeasures so we are fully prepared.”
The President of the European Commission asserts that the EU has “always very clear that we want a negotiation solution”.
“It remains a case, and we’ll use the time we are now until August 1,” he added.
‘Protect European interests’
EU’s trading ministers are set to meet on Monday in Brussels to discuss how strong a line is to get in Washington.
Germany’s financial minister Lars Klingbeil said Sunday that “serious and solutions negotiations” have to protect European jobs “.
“Our hand remained spread but we did not accept anything,” Klingbeil told the daily newspaper sueddeutsche Zeitung.
His comments came after French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday urged the European Commission – which negotiates on behalf of all EU countries – to “resolutely defend European interests”.
On Saturday, the Trump administration now suggests tariff situations in 24 countries and EUs, consisting of 27 countries.
On Apr 12 April, the trading of home trading Peter Navarro has set a goal to get the “90 deals in 90 days”.
So far, the President announced outlines of two agreements in the United Kingdom and Vietnam as negotiations with others continued.
