U.S. president Donald Trump reported that Brussels has asked Washington to set dates for meetings to resolve disputes in the face of an expanding trade war.
"I have just been informed that the EU has called for swift appointments. This is simply a affirmative improvement and I hope that, finally, as I requested from China, they will open European countries to trade with the United States of America. Both (EU and China – ed.) will be very happy and will win if they do so" – Trump wrote on the community portal fact Social.
On Sunday, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen reported that she had spoken to Trump by telephone and stated that the EU needed time until 9 July to scope a trade agreement with the US.
Earlier, U.S. president Donald Trump stated that it is hard to do business with the EU, and that trade talks are "not going anywhere", so he proposes to introduce 50% tariffs on European goods from 1 June.
On 2 April, Trump signed an implementing regulation introducing ‘reciprocal’ customs duties on imports from another countries. Their base rate is 10% and increased rates have been in force in 57 countries since 9 April, calculated on the basis of the US trade deficit with a peculiar country: so that there is balance alternatively of deficit. However, on April 9, the American leader announced that more than 75 countries had not taken retaliatory steps and requested negotiations, so basic import duties of 10% would apply for 90 days for all countries but China.
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