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\n Despite claiming that discussions with the US over trade are continuing on a high level, the European Commission has said it is ready to respond firmly if the tariffs announced by President Trump materialise.
\n ADVERTISEMENTThe Commission maintains that dialogue with the US has not broken down, even though President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday evening new tariffs of 25% on EU goods.\u201cWe stand for dialogue, openness and reciprocity,\u201d Commission\u00a0spokesperson Olof Gill said on Thursday, assuring that high level contacts were taking place between the US administration and the EU. \u201cWe are still in the early stage of figuring out what\u2019s going on,\u201d Gill added.The comment followed a statement by the EU executive on Wednesday night repeating that it is ready to react \u201cfirmly\u201d and \u201cimmediately\u201d if tariff hikes on EU goods are carried through, but no\u00a0countermeasures have been announced at this stage.\u201cThe EU will always protect European businesses, workers, and consumers from unjustified tariffs,\u201d Gill said.In response to the US president’s claim that the bloc was formed to “screw the United States,\u201d Gill added that \u201cthe EU has been a boon for the United States,\u201d stressing that \u201cUS\u00a0investments in Europe are highly profitable\u201d.Trump previously announced that customs duties of 25% would apply from 12 March on all imports of aluminium and steel into the US, including from the\u00a0EU. His administration is also working on reciprocal tariffs on EU imports, on a country to country basis.Trade commissioner Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d travelled last week to Washington to meet his US counterpart Secretary of commerce Howard Lutnick. \u201cIt was a very productive meeting,\u201d Gill said, adding\u00a0that \u201cthey had the opportunity to see where the other’s principles and red lines lie\u201d.The EU and US are engaged in a narrative battle over figures, meanwhile, with Trump claiming that the US suffers from a $300 billion trade deficit with\u00a0the EU, while the latter argues that any deficit in trade of goods between the blocs\u00a0is offset by a surplus in trade in services, which the EU claims reduces the US deficit to $50 billion.\u201cBarriers to fair trade are unjustified, especially between trade partners. It\u2019s a lose-lose for both,\u201d\u00a0Commission\u00a0Executive\u00a0Vice-President St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9\u00a0posted on X.The EU \u201cwas formed to maintain peace, to build respect among our nations, to create free and fair trade, and to strengthen our transatlantic friendship. As simple as that,\u201d posted Polish Prime minister Donald Tusk.The European Commission has been working on retaliation measures for more than two weeks, while attempting to negotiate with the Americans. A list of products already targeted in the trade dispute between the Trump administration in 2018 and the Europeans on aluminium and steel is ready.An arsenal of anti-coercion measures could also be applied, but the decision-making process would take longer. Such measures could cover services, or trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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