EU and US to Hold Trade Call Friday Amid Differences on Tariffs

The message has been resounding. “I have spoken with Jamieson Greer and Howard Lutnick. The EU is fully committed to an agreement that benefits both sides. The European Commission remains ready to work in good faith. Trade between the EU and the US is unique and must be guided by mutual respect, not by threats. We are ready to defend our interests.” This is the summary published on Friday by European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic , of a tele…

European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic will have a telephone conversation tomorrow with US trade representative Jamieson Greer, while the two parties are looking for a negotiating basis to avoid a transatlantic trade war, a...

EU, US to discuss tariff offers on Friday

EU stands by its approach in the talks with Washington, Commission spokesperson says.

EU and US to Hold Trade Call Friday Amid Differences on Tariffs

The European Union’s trade chief, Maros Sefcovic, is planning to hold a call with Jamieson Greer, his US counterpart, on Friday to take stock of talks, according to a European Commission spokesperson.

Following the recent threat of new sanctions by the US, EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic has called for mutual respect for trade relations. Despite the new threat, Brussels intends to continue its efforts to promote a trade agreement.

Maros Sefcovic, Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, spoke this Friday afternoon with his American counterparts, Jamieson Greer, Trade Representative, and Howard Lutnick, Trade Secretary, after Donald Trump, President of the United States, threatened to break the 90-day general tariff truce against the European Union by 20% and increase it to 50%, ensuring that negotiations between the European Commission and Washington were not moving …