‘Why Are You Blaming Us?’: Commission Clashes with MEPs over EU-US Trade Deal

‘Why are you blaming us?’: Commission clashes with MEPs over EU-US trade deal

"I have the impression that you want to give us the responsibility for the US tariff policy,” said Sabine Weyand, director-general at the Commission’s DG Trade, to audible groans from MEPs

US-EU trade deal could be amended, Canada drops several retaliatory tariffs

The Associated Press reports that European Parliament Trade Committee Chair Bernd Lange has “doubts” about a trade deal the EU has reached with the U.S., noting that it could be amended. According to a joint statement from U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the U.S. will impose a “clear maximum, all-inclusive” tariff rate of 15% on most EU exports. The EU agreed not to impose tariffs on U.S. cars …

At 15% US Tariffs, EU Says Its Trade Still Flows

U.S. tariffs of 15% on imports from the European Union still allow trade with the United States to flow and what is important is not the rate itself but the level compared with competitors, a senior European Commission trade official said on Wednesday. “There is a level … where a tariff becomes prohibitive and trade will no longer flow, but with the 15% all-inclusive that is not where we are,” Sabine Weyand, director-general of the EU executive’…