EU to Discuss Lowering Tariffs in First Talks With Trump’s Team
A wine storage and transit logistics warehouse in Blanquefort, France.
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The European Union is realistic about what near-term deliverables the bloc’s chief trade negotiator, Maros Sefcovic, can attain when he begins talks with his US counterparts on Friday about President Donald Trump’s far-reaching tariffs.
The Europeans will aim to salvage as much as possible of the transatlantic relationship and the existing economic order, according to people familiar with the bloc’s thinking. But they have no expectations of returning to the previous status quo.