According to information from the European Parliament, Europe’s response to the upcoming US tariffs comes on April 1.
“If we have not reached an agreement until March 12-we will of course negotiate now-then there will be this in April 1st April,” said the chairman of the EU Parliament’s Commercial Committee, Bernd Lange, in Strasbourg.
This means that the SPD politician currently means exposed special tariffs on US products such as jeans, bourbon whiskey, motorcycles and peanut butter. The EU had reacted with them during the first term of office when US special tariffs were first introduced to steel and aluminum exports from the EU. Long joked that you should now buy the Harley as quickly as possible because it will be 50 percent more expensive. “
At night it became known that US President Donald Trump ordered special tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. They should come into force on March 12th. Lange said that it was possible to “buy a little more liquid gas, a little more military technology, about opportunities to accommodate the Americans, maybe you can also change some customs formalities.”
Printing agents against the USA also sees for a long time
In addition, long made it clear that the EU also had leverage in hand. If Trump uses Zölle Trump as a political weapon, you can not only defend yourself against tariffs, but also let patents rest, exclude companies in public tenders or limit market access. He also indicated that there were opportunities to have US digital companies paid for market access in Europe.
However, informal discussions with the USA also went. So he heard that the head of the Cabinet of EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was in Washington. In addition, the Leyen meets the US Vice President JD Vance.