Top EU official expects Trump tariff of about 20%

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The European Union’s top trade negotiator hopes Donald Trump has taken aggressive steps to reduce the trade deficit that will hit the block with about 20 percent of the tariffs next week.

EU Trade Commissioner Maro šefčovič told officials that Washington’s final plan is still unclear but it is Tariff After completing the Senior Administration statistics on Tuesday, all 2 27 members will apply equally in the case of the state.

Two people said that after his discussion in Slovak Washington, he advised on his assessment that the tariffs would be “20 percent state”. America has not indicated that there will be any exemption or exception.

Šefčovič The American officials warned that 20 percent of the tariff on import from the EU would be “destructive” for the block, the first official said the discussion. The level of the US duty will be even higher that at any stage EU founding members have been at any stage since the launch of a general trade policy in the late 1950s.

Cefkovic met US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik, Commerce Representative Jamison Greer and Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hasset in the latest attempt to prevent all-out translatant trade war.

Trump’s trade policy rollout is chaotic and characterized by multiple retro and U-turns, which makes the trading partners predicted to predict.

However, EU officials have said that the US party was steadfast in determination of tariff and allegations of relentless raising the EU trade policy in a meeting with Ephovio. Trump claimed that the block was set up to “screw the United States” and did not buy enough American products.

He called “Liberation Day” on April 2 that he would keep “mutual” tariffs on trading partners who had taken low trade barriers in the US for floods in his market.

A White House official said “no final decision has been made” about what will be mutual tariff rates for US business partners.

After the Cefkovic meeting said that “hard work is underway”. He posted on the X: “The priority of EU is a fair, balanced deal instead of irrational tariffs. We share the goals of both sides of art.”

EU officials have acknowledged that the United States has no mood to change the policy. The tariffs and the level of the layer were still unclear, they said.

Cefkovic hoping to convince his associates that their markets from cheap Chinese imports have mutual interest in re -industrizing and protecting them.

Brussels will need to confirm the additional duties next week if Trump’s second traffic on retaliatory duty has begun to be preparing. The EU has already made a 26 billion dollar package after the European Union already hit all steel and aluminum from April 12.

Member States have been suspended from April 1 after Fear of Washington’s more harsh reaction. France persuaded Brussels to delay the 5 percent tariff on Borban Whiskey, Trump said he would hit Champagne and Wine with 200 percent tariff in exchange.

People familiar with the conversation said that on April 2, US officials did not decide which tariffs would be applied and which legal equipment should be used to make their tariffs.