‘There are 27 member states, and every of them has a unique set of commerce priorities,’ says former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s latest menace to impose a 50 % tariff on the European Union beginning July 9 has spurred Brussels into motion, with EU officers speeding to schedule conferences with U.S. counterparts forward of the looming deadline.
Whereas it stays unsure whether or not the talks will yield substantial progress in narrowing the U.S. commerce deficit or eradicating long-standing boundaries to American exports, some observers consider the EU is negotiating from a place of weak point and could also be extra keen to make concessions this time.