EU Open to Cutting Tariffs to Avert US Trade War
Bloc Seeks Deal as Trump Threatens New Levies on Autos and Steel
“Lowering the tariffs, even eliminating the tariffs let’s say for industrial products, this is something which we are ready to discuss,” Sefcovic said. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News)
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The European Union is ready to discuss cutting tariffs on autos and other goods as it seeks to head off a trade war with the U.S., the bloc’s top trade official said Feb. 19 in Washington.
“Lowering the tariffs, even eliminating the tariffs let’s say for industrial products, this is something which we are ready to discuss,” Maros Sefcovic — the EU commissioner for trade — told an audience at the American Enterprise Institute. “Including ready to look at the tariffs for the cars.”
Sefcovic is in Washington for talks w…
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