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“Sooner or later, we will sit at the negotiation table with the U.S. and find a mutually acceptable compromise,” EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic told a news conference.

He also said the EU would start would start collecting a first tranche of targeted retaliatory duties on U.S. imports from April 15 and a second wave from May 15, in reaction to the U.S. tariffs on European steel and aluminium.

He also made clear that while preferring to negotiate the removal of the tariffs with the U.S., the EU was ready to step up its response. This could include the EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), which would allow it to target U.S. services or to limit U.S. companies’ access to public procurement tenders in the EU.

  • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
    25·
    4 days ago

    I see this as doubling down on not being responsible for this mess, giving Trump a way out. Personally don’t think he’ll take any deal proposed by the EU, but who knows. With this proposal, EU and national leaders can rightfully say they did their best to mitigate the damage. Here’s how Von Der Leyen said it:

    “We stand ready to negotiate with the US. Indeed, we have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods as we have successfully done with many other trading partners,” the Commission president said on Monday afternoon.

    “Because Europe is always ready for a good deal. So we keep it on the table. But we are also prepared to respond through countermeasures and defend our interests.”

    https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/07/von-der-leyen-offers-trump-zero-for-zero-tariffs-deal-on-all-industrial-goods

    • Vittelius@feddit.orgEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      I agree. On social media they posted this:

      Europe is ready to negotiate with the US.

      We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods, because we’re always ready for a good deal.

      But we’re also prepared to respond with countermeasures and protect ourselves against indirect effects through trade diversion.

      We will focus on the 83% of global trade beyond the US.

      Europe stands together for our businesses and with our businesses for all Europeans in the EU and beyond.

      https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/114297268233791229