U.S. president Donald Trump's administration is trying to get the EU to impose measures against China, but at this stage, it has failed to do so. — stated the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources acquainted with the information.
US president Donald Trump said earlier on Friday that it is hard to do business with the EU, and that trade talks "go nowhere", so he proposes a 50% work per block from 1 June.
Sources acquainted with the US-EU talks told the paper that Trump advisers privately expressed discontent with European officials that negotiations slowed down due to the various commercial priorities of block members. The publication adds, citing sources, that the communication process between EU members, which is frequently slow, is the main origin of the irritation of the Trump administration. The EU has besides mostly remained in its own positions on Trump's demands. Unnamed officials added that the block has no intention of changing the value added taxation or government on the wellness care sector and digital technologies.
"The United States has not yet received confirmation that EU leaders intend to impose fresh duties on Chinese industrial goods, which is simply a precedence for Trump administration officials who want to increase trade force on Beijing," said the sources in the publication.
The Wall Street diary notes, citing the origin that the EU and the US have late exchanged papers presenting possible topics for discussion during trade talks.
"Blok privately signalled that he was willing to cooperate with the US to address Chinese state subsidies for key industries," said a origin with cognition of talks.
Sources reported to the Wall Street diary that as part of separate talks with the US, the United Kingdom agreed to “go ahead” with the imposition of duties on steel from China. The information sources besides explained that the United States had made akin requests for China's "economic security" to another key trading partners specified as Japan and South Korea, although no commitments "have yet been made public".
The head of the U.S. Treasury Department Scott Bessent said on Friday, among the pending discussions with the EU on customs clearance, that Brussels has a problem with collective action in which many EU associate States do not really know what is being negotiated on their behalf.
Earlier, U.S. president Donald Trump announced a “full and comprehensive” trade agreement between the US and the UK. The British government said that under the agreement, the United States will reduce duties on British cars and lift duties on steel imports, while the United Kingdom will lift duties on ethanol imports from the United States.
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