Tête À Tête - 'Both Sides Are Committed' to US-EU Trade Deal, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer Says
Greer said both sides still see room to comply as the Trump administration proposes tariffs of up to 12.5% on imports from 60 economies.
- On Wednesday, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer reaffirmed that both the European Union and the United States remain committed to their trade agreement amid broad new tariff threats over forced labor.
- The administration of President Donald Trump proposed tariffs of up to 12.5% on imports from 60 economies, citing a failure to curb forced labor; the European Union previously faced 10% tariffs over the same issue.
- Bernd Lange, head of the European Parliament's trade committee, dismissed Washington's claims that the bloc failed to curb forced labor as "utterly absurd," warning that additional tariffs on European Union goods are unacceptable.
- Unless the European Union implements its commitments by the July 4 deadline, Trump threatened to impose "much higher" tariffs on the bloc, raising pressure for rapid compliance.
- Following a framework agreement at Trump's Turnberry resort in Scotland last July, the European Union is currently ratifying the deal, with Greer stating, "Both sides are committed to compliance with the trade agreement.
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Greer Says EU Tariff Deal Can Stand as US Pursues Forced-Labor Duties
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the United States can comply with its trade agreement with the European Union while pursuing proposed tariffs tied to forced-labor import enforcement. In a June 3 France 24 interview, Greer was asked whether the proposed tariffs would imperil the U.S.–EU trade deal reached last year, because they would come on top of tariffs agreed under that deal. “We see a lot of room for continued compliance with …
The United States will respect the tariff limits set out in the trade agreements signed with the European Union, Japan and other countries, and the new US tariffs on forced labour provide the legal basis for doing so, said US trade representative Jamieson Greer on Thursday. “We understand that an agreement is an agreement,” Greer told journalists on the margins of an OECD ministerial meeting in Paris. The United States signed agreements with the…
"We understand that an agreement is an agreement," Jamieson Greer told journalists on the sidelines of an OECD ministerial meeting in Paris
Trump makes new play for tariffs
The Trump administration is floating tariffs of up to 12.5% on some 60 countries and the European Union, which officials say have failed to enforce bans on forced labor. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told France 24 today that “both sides are committed” nonetheless to honoring the US’ trade deal with the EU: “A deal’s a deal … while also trying to get at all of these trade practices,” he said. On Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary Scott Be…
Tête à tête - 'Both sides are committed' to US-EU trade deal, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says
In an interview with FRANCE 24, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer insisted that despite fresh US tariffs proposed this Wednesday, "both sides are committed to compliance" with the US-EU trade deal.…
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