Trump Tells EU’s Juncker He Seeks ‘Reciprocal’ Trade
- Juncker says U.S. and Europe are ‘allies, not enemies’
- U.S. president says he hopes talks produce ‘positive’ outcome
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President Donald Trump told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that he seeks “reciprocal’’ trade as they opened talks with the threat of new U.S. auto tariffs looming.
Trump said he hoped for a “very positive” outcome from meeting with Juncker but complained of “massive tariffs” and “massive barriers” at the start of discussions at the White House between the two leaders on Wednesday. As a result, he said, the U.S. is “losing hundreds of billions of dollars” to the E.U.