According to Federal Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul, the EU additionally needs to incorporate providers within the customs dispute with the USA to influence President Donald Trump to offer in.
“We not only want to direct the view of the exchange of goods and goods, but also to services. And if you see the whole spectrum, the exchange between the United States of America and the European Union is rather balanced,” mentioned WadePhul (CDU) within the ZDF program “Berlin Direkt”. “And if you take a look at this, I think we have good conditions to get a reasonable conclusion.”
The chairman of the commerce committee within the European Parliament, Bernd Lange (SPD), had already indicated this. According to its data, the EU has a commerce deficit with the United States for providers. This is principally as a result of presents of the US digital teams similar to Google and Meta, that are notably requested in Europe. Trump explains his customs coverage that the United States has a commerce deficit to the EU through the items site visitors.
Most just lately, the US President had introduced a doubling of tariffs to aluminum and metal to 50 p.c. A spokesman for the EU Commission threatened countermeasures on the weekend.
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