EU ministers are found in Brussels on Monday after US President Donald Trump said that 30% of the EU duties will begin on August 1, while German officials joined other European leaders on Sunday, consulting one Sunday.
The ministers will meet to discuss trade with the United States and China during their first two days of meetings of the Council for Foreign Affairs, convened in the Belgian capital.
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump Published a new series of letters on the platform of social networksMaking 30% of the statements regarding the EU and Mexico, which can cause mass shocks between the United States and two of their largest commercial partners.
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen quickly responded, noting the “blocking of the unit for dialogue, stability and constructive transatlantic partnership.”
“It was always very clear to us that we prefer a decision with negotiations. This is still valid and will use the time that we have now before August 1, ”she said during a press conference on Sunday. “We were ready for this, and we can answer countermeasures, if necessary.”
Von der Lane also said that the EU will suspend responsibilities – response measures for American products that should enter into force on Monday in the hope of a trading agreement with the Trump government by the end of the month.
The German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz accepted the optimistic tone in the media, saying on Sunday the ARD broadcasting network, which he talked to von der Lane, President of France, Emmanuel Macron and Trump on Friday.
Merts said that negotiations progressed and emphasized that other countries that received similar letters, including China and Canada, found reasonable solutions.
“Now no one needs new threats or problems. We need an EU to continue serious and focused negotiations with the United States, ”said the German Sweddeutsche Minister of Finance of the country, Lars Klingbeil.
Other European leaders joined the pledges of von der, urging Trump to negotiate more time and warn about possible new duties in Washington.
“With European unity, this is never to confirm the determination of the trade union to decisively protect European interests,” said French President Emmanuel Macron, French President Emmanuel Macron.
Melon warns not to cause a trade war
The Office of the Prime Minister of Italy Georgia Melony said that “this does not make sense for a trade war between the two sides of the Atlantic.”
Foreign Minister Denmark Lars Locke Rasmussen told DR radio stations that Trump should be “unnecessary and very short”. The Prime Minister Swede Ulfrostson warned in an interview with SVT to the public broadcaster that “everyone is losing a scaling trade conflict and will be the United States, which will pay the highest price.”
The outgoing Prime Minister Dick AFF wrote in X that the announcement is “anxious, not on the way forward.”
On Saturday, the Irish Taoiseach Michael Martin said that the responsibilities are a “negative reaction”, adding that the contribution is not “viable and stable”. During his statements, Martin also said that there are countermeasures on the table in the European Union, but “he does not want to develop it and prefer an approach to negotiations.”