久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Europe

EU faces challenge to avoid higher levy

By Earle Gale in London | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-07-08 01:35
Share
Share - WeChat

The European Union will push for a trade deal with the United States ahead of the new Aug 1 deadline in the hope that it can avoid the worst of President Donald Trump's tariffs.

The bloc had been scrambling to agree a deal before the previously-set deadline of July 9, only for Trump to push it back on Sunday.

If Brussels fails to land a deal in time, the current 10 percent tax on EU exports to the US could rise to the 20 percent rate originally imposed on April 2, or the 50 percent Trump threatened more recently, when talks were moving slowly.

Trump told reporters the deadline would be temporarily delayed, and that his staff would send out letters to nations, explaining the new tariff rate, should they fail to secure a deal in time.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent later told the broadcaster CNN: "President Trump's going to be sending letters to some of our trading partners saying that if you don't move things along, then, on Aug 1, you will boomerang back to your April 2 tariff level."

Bessent said "the EU was very slow in coming to the table" initially, but that recently talks had made "very good progress".

While the extra days offer a glimmer of hope to EU negotiators, Reuters reported the bloc, which is Washington's largest trading partner, is concerned it may not be able to secure a full comprehensive trade deal in time, and that it may need to focus on landing a lighter agreement in principle.

The EU, which in 2024 shared a combined trade in goods and services with the US of $2 trillion, has also said that, if necessary, it could hit back with tariffs worth $24.7 billion on US exports.

The European Commission, the bloc's executive, is understood to have told negotiators on Friday it believes Washington will leave the current 10 percent tariff in place, if the two sides have an agreement in principle by the deadline.

Ursula von der Leyen, the commission's president, said an agreement in principle could be similar to the deal between the United Kingdom and the US, which ensures the UK remains on the baseline 10 percent tariff while talks continue on a more comprehensive deal.

The bloc's biggest challenge could come in deciding whether to push for an agreement in principle in the short term, or to hold out for a full and comprehensive deal in the longer, as opinion is currently divided over the issue.

But Commission trade spokesperson Olof Gill told reporters the bloc is "working towards July 9 as the point where we want to have a minimum agreement in principle".

The Euractiv news website quoted an EU spokesperson on Monday as saying: "We're fully geared up to get an agreement in principle by Wednesday, and we're firing on all cylinders to that effect."

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 很黄很暴力深夜爽爽无遮挡 | 成人手机视频在线观看 | 欧美一区二区三区四区在线观看 | 美女视频黄a | 国产女女视屏免费 | 思思99re | 成年毛片 | 亚洲一区二区三区国产精品 | 久久se精品一区精品二区 | 韩国一级片视频 | 久草在线视频看看 | 日本护士一级毛片在线播放 | 免费视频久久 | 欧美一级大黄特黄毛片视频 | 日韩视频免费一区二区三区 | 日韩一级黄色毛片 | 免费一级做a爰片久久毛片 免费一级做a爰片性色毛片 | 久艹视频在线 | 国产一区在线观看免费 | 国产精品久久久久久久免费大片 | 青青自拍视频一区二区三区 | 色一欲一性一乱一区二区三区 | 欧美色大成网站www永久男同 | 中文字幕在线无限2021 | 欧美午夜精品久久久久免费视 | 最近手机中文字幕1 | 亚洲在线观看网站 | 日韩一级片| 日韩中文字幕在线看 | 美女黄网站 | 三级网站国产 | yy6080久久亚洲精品 | 国产精品麻豆一区二区三区v视界 | 99欧美视频| 日韩一页 | 精品国产一区二区三区成人 | 黄色免费在线网址 | 日韩精品久久久免费观看夜色 | 国产99视频在线观看 | 日本加勒比视频在线观看 | 色多多香蕉 |