EU negotiators: Unification with the USA must be permanent

The European Union insists on the fact that a possible agreement remains permanently in the trade conflict with the US government. « If we come to an agreement, it should not be that new tariffs are imposed a few days later, » said the chairman of the trade committee in the EU Parliament, Bernd Lange, on Deutschlandfunk.

If a stable solution is not possible, the EU is ready to impose counter -tariffs. « We don’t let ourselves be put under pressure and not blackmailed, » said the EU negotiator.

The SPD politician in Washington currently has talks with the US government. Both sides have to find time until July 9th. If this does not succeed, according to the will by US President Donald Trump, EU imports are to be proven with high tariffs.

Although a court for international trade had declared almost all of Trump, citing an emergency law ordered to an emergency law – but recently a US Court of Appeal raised the decision again.

Long: customs duties must not be exposed to US President

According to a long time, it is a transitional arrangement to the final clarification. Customs policy is the responsibility of the congress and should not be exposed to the arbitrariness of the US President, he emphasized. The EU continues to understand and offered higher liquid gas and semiconductor imports, among other things.

On the question of possible concessions on the part of Europe, Lange said that one could talk about the breakdown of certain tariffs and the mutual recognition of standards. European legislation – for example in food, chemicals or in the digital area – is not negotiable. He cited the ban on hormone -treated beef as an example.