On Monday, April 7, the European Commission proposed to apply duty 10% and 25% to imports of American products in the European Union (EU), in response to the tariff measures that the president recently imposed Donald Trump to all steel and aluminum from Europe.
According to the international news agency in Madrid, EFEit is planned that the 27 EU member states pronounced the Wednesday April 9 Regarding this first response from the European bloc to the new taxes announced by the Republican president on April 2.
According to the document published by the EU, the new European tariffs will begin to be applied from next Tuesday, April 15, as long as the 27 member states agree with validate The list of all products that will be aggravated, which was proposed by the community executive.
“Formally, what we do with this first group of products is not to extend the suspension of the tariffs that the continent responded in 2018 to the First commercial war of Trump, “added the executive vice president of the European Commission, Teresa Riberawho is sure that the EU wants to dialogue with the US.
The products selected by the EU
The list of products that will be aggravated from next Tuesday, April 15 by the EU includes: the sweet cornhe ricethe Purethe cigarettesthe Essential oilshe footwearhe safety glassthe Optical glass and various types of furniture; as stated by the European Commission.
In turn, the Community Executiveone of the seven high institutions of the EU, which holds the legislative initiative and is responsible for directing the community administration, plans to launch another “extensive list of American products” that will have to pay tariffs of up to 25% from the next Friday, May 16.
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“These goods range from minerals and concentrates of copper through very specific elements used in the construction of civil engineering as Ranoured railscertain types of metal tubes, up to laying chickens, various types of meat or coffeeto put only some examples of the extensive list, “Ribera added.
The executive vice president of the European Commission indicated that this second list of aggravated products will be fully revealed the next Friday, May 2because the EU must meet the communication times established by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the European continent.
For her part, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyensaid the EU is ready to negotiate With the United States: “In fact, we have offered you zero tariffs For industrial goods, as we have successfully done with many other commercial partners, “added the head of the EU executive arm.
“Europe is ready for a good treatment and we keep it on the table. But we are also prepared to respond through Contramedidas And defend our interest, “added Ursula, who was supported by the German Minister of Economics, Robert Habeck, By saying that his dream was a unique market transatlantic No tariffs.
“The European Union has been very bad with us. Our cars are not carried … our agricultural products are not carried … however, millions of cars send a year … that should no longer be, it must be reciprocal.”
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