US President Donald Trump has given the prospect of reducing threatened tariffs to the import of European products – if the European Union opens its market more to the United States.
The Republican said at a AI event about the still ongoing negotiations: “If you agree to open the Union for American companies, we will raise a lower customs.” One is in serious negotiations.
Previously, Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) indicated that an agreement could be made in the trade dispute between the EU and the USA. Before meeting with the French President Emmanuel Macron, he said in the evening in Berlin that it would be advised, among other things, about the “current trade policy” “to which we hear in these minutes that there could be decisions”.
US President Trump has just agreed to 15 percent with Japan – this is significantly less than originally planned. The United States has also been negotiating with the EU for weeks about a trade deal, which Trump should still prevent tariffs from 30 percent from August 1st.