The United States threatens the European Union by 17 % on food exports

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Three people in the discussions said that the United States threatened the strike of agricultural exports in the European Union by 17 percent in the development of its commercial conflict with Brussels.

The move came at the eleventh hour, which European Union officials described as an escalation of the Atlantic conflict, before the deadline on July 9 to agree on a deal between the trade giants.

US President Donald Trump has stopped imposing a 10 percent “mutual” tariff on the imports of the European Union, which was scheduled to lead the baseline by 10 percent since April.

Until recent days, European Union officials expected to talk to the United States would work at the basis rate.

It was not clear whether it was 17 percent on foodstuffs in addition to the other definitions that Trump announced or instead.

Trump demanded that Brussels grant American companies widespread exemptions from regulations and reduced their trade surplus with the United States, but European Union officials rejected Washington’s latest proposals.

The concentration is now on conversations on the slope points. One of the European Union officials said that the parts of the aircraft and lives are among the goods that the mass seeks to obtain.

They added that the two sides were working on a five -page “agreement” of a “agreement” in principle, but this has only a text of a few agreed text.

Ursula von der Lynne, head of the European Commission, said on Thursday that she hopes an agreement in principle that allows both sides to continue talking pending a final deal.

However, Washington is pushing countries to agree on binding deals by Trump’s deadline.

Maroš šefčovič, the European Union Trade Commissioner, was warned of its 17 percent duties proposed on Agrifood on Thursday during meetings in Washington. 27 ambassadors were informed in the country on Friday.

The value of the European Union agricultural exports to the United States, including products such as wine, reached 48 billion euros last year.

Šefčovič has been repeatedly characterized by changing the European Union regulations to suit the United States as a red line. However, the European Union is also on a liberation campaign and weakens some environmental laws.

European Union countries are divided between accepting some high definitions in exchange for a period of certainty and those who want revenge to pressure the United States for settlement.

Friedrich Mirz, Germany’s largest economist and the largest in the European Union, is pressing the committee, which runs commercial policy, to settle a quick deal. It is eager to exempt from Trump’s sectoral definitions by 25 percent on vehicles and 50 percent on steel.

However, many ambassadors intervened at Friday’s meeting to pressure for a stronger procedure against Washington, according to two people who were briefed on the meeting.

Two European Union diplomats said that the United States has been told that the United States has drew three scenarios on July 9: The countries with a principle “will retain 10 percent of the customs tariff, with more relief in the customs tariff at a later stage; A deal; a higher tariff will be applied to countries that the United States believes is not negotiating in good faith.

Since the European Union is preparing for its potential revenge for its American duties in its products, member states have already agreed on anti -picnics on 21 billion euros of American annual exports as of July 14. The committee collects a group of 95 billion euros, including aircraft and food.

A committee spokesman said: “The European Union’s position was clear from the beginning: We prefer a negotiating solution with the United States, and this remains our priority … At the same time, we are preparing for the possibility of reaching any satisfactory agreement,” said a committee spokesman.

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