A signal that is part of a precise strategy: the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der leyenIn fact, he would have informed the heads of state and government of the arrival of the American counter -proposal, with the aim of defining a temporary understanding on rates. A document that could allow the two banks of the Atlantic to avoid a commercial clash in the middle of the summer.
The theme is back central to the European interviews, after the agreement reached in the born on the 5% increase in defense expenditure. The shadow of the President Donald Trump He hovers on the negotiation and accompanies the leaders from the Aja to Brussels, where the last European council before the summer break is underway.
Among the protagonists too Giorgia Meloni. The Italian premier has had the opportunity to face the question with Trump in recent days in the Netherlands, but despite the well -known political proximity to the Tycoon, his position remains anchored to the European axis. In Brussels, Meloni moves along a line of balance between Berlin and Paris, who on the topic of duties show themselves distant.
Meloni also shares the urgency to find an agreement, but asks for guarantees. “Any asymmetries must be compensated,” Italian sources know, with reference in particular to steel and aluminum, where American rates exceed 10%. The same commission, moreover, excludes a model similar to that already agreed between Washington and London: “A balanced agreement is needed,” said the executive vice -president Stéphane Séjourné.
According to European sources, Washington’s offer is still learned, is made up of a text of a few pages and would outline “a temporary agreement” between the USA and the EU. The question we ask is always the same: but Trump with duties Is it serious? For the moment, the American president has used taxes as a weapon in negotiations. The speech is simple: the Tycoon wants to get something and to do it “threat”. Washington does not want the commercial war and has already shown it. Even the hypothesis of extending another 90 days the suspension of mutual duties is part of this logic. Moreover, Trump has always said herself open to “Equese Use with all countries”, including the European Union.
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