Donald Trump contradicted his collaborators on duties. After the secretary of American trade Howard Lutnick and the councilor Peter Navarro reiterated on several occasions that there was no room to treat on rates, the US President defined the rates a tool to treat e has opened to negotiations. The American media highlight it. “All the countries are calling us. We have taken the command: if we had asked these countries to make us a favor, they would have said no. Now, however, they would do anything for us. The duties give us a great power to negotiate,” explained Trump.
Today the first Videocall of EU-USA negotiators on duties
On the duties “we will not reply in vain: we want to give negotiations all the chances of success to find a fair agreement, for the benefit of both sides. For this reason, on the mandate of the president Von der Leyen, I agreed with my US counterparts to keep a video call to explore the best way to get out of this useless and painful phase, facing the legitimate concerns of both sides “. This was stated by the EU commissioner to the Maros Sefcovic trade. The meeting on video call is scheduled for today. “However, the EU will not remain inactive if we are unable to reach a fair agreement with our American partners,” he added.
Vance minimizes the thud of bags. “Bad day, but the market will go up”
The American vice -president minimizes the collapse of the markets. “I thought it would go even worse given the great transition,” explained Vance specifying that on the stock exchange it was a “bad day” but the drop must be seen in perspective. “We will have a strong and expanding market because we are investing again in the United States,” added Donald Trump’s deputy.
By senators uses a measure to limit the president of the president on the duties
A bipartisan project was presented to the American Senate that grants the Congress the final green light on the duties imposed by a president. The measure bears the signature of the republican Chuck Grassley and the democratic Maria Cantwell. The measure has few chances of being approved, but shows the discomfort of some Gop exponents against the rates of Donald Trump.
White House: “Trump revolutionizes trade, the duties strengthen the USA”
The White House is advising to the Republicans of the American congress to focus on the long -term impact of the duties of Donald Trump, highlighting that the president is “revolutionizing world trade” and that the tariffs will trigger the return of companies to the United States, expanding the manufacturing base and “creating well -paid jobs”. Commercial practices – is the thesis illustrated by the White House – have “created a national emergency: the president’s executive order imposes duties to strengthen the economic position of the United States and protect American workers”.