President Trump announced on Sunday that the United States and the European Union had reached a business deal after the Union and the European Union. High-stay meeting in ScotlandA few days of Friday’s White House deadline to implement the tariff.
Mr. Trump met with top European officials, seeking fair trade with the 27 -member European Union. Golf course on Scottish coast,
“It was a very interesting conversation. I think it’s going to be great for both sides,” said the President.
According to European Commission head Ursula von Der Leyen, the deal is 15% tariff across the board. He praised Mr. Trump, called it a “good deal” and a “great deal”, which follows “hard talks”.
“We have a deal. We have a trade deal between the two largest economies in the world, and it’s a big thing, it’s a great thing,” he said. “It will bring stability. It will bring pre -procreation.”
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Mr. Trump said, “I think we both wanted to make a deal,” and he predicted that it would “bring us together.” Mr. Trump on Sunday told reporters more than once that it was “the greatest of all deals”.
Von Der Leyen said the talks addressed the European Union trade surplus with the US, and the deal would be done in a way that would enable the business to continue the business, while the jobs will be reborn on “both sides of the Atlantic”.
According to Mr. Trump, the deal also includes that all European Union countries will “open for US goods” at 0% and the block will invest $ 600 billion in America. The European Union will also buy $ 750 billion US energy as part of the deal.
Mr. Trump said, “They are going to agree to invest more than $ 600 billion in the United States.” “So they are investing a large amount of money. You know what the amount is-this is very enough.”
In the comments before the session, Mr. Trump promised to change what he said as “a very unilateral transaction, very unfair to the United States”.
“I think the main sticking point is fairness,” he said that also paying attention, “We have a difficult time with trade with Europe, a very difficult time.”
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Without a deal, Mr. Trump threatened to import from 27 member countries of the European Union with a 30% tariff rate. The President has long been important for the trade relations of the US-European Union, claiming that the US has been misbehaved. Last year, the US trade deficit with the European Union was around $ 235 billion.
The European Union’s Chief Trade Dialogue was Maros Sephakovic by joining Von Der Leyen; Björn Seebert, Head of the Cabinet of von Der Leyen; Sabine Veyand, Directorate General of Commission for Trade-General, and Tomas Burt, head of trade and agriculture in the European Union delegation for the US.
His meeting was held when Mr. Trump played golf for the second straight day in his turnberry course on the southwest coast of Scotland, this time with a group that included sons Eric and Donald Junior. The President’s five -day visit to Scotland is made around golf and promotes properties affecting his name.
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