On Wednesday the president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced a “pause” in the implementation of generalized tariffs that had decided to apply to dozens of countries, including those of the European Union.
“We take note of President Trump’s announcement. We want to give the negotiations a chance,” said Von der Leyen in his statement.
“At the same time that we end the adoption of the countermeasures of the European Union, which on Wednesday had a strong support of Member States (of the block), we will suspend them for 90 days,” he said.
“As I said before, all options remain on the table,” he warned.
At the beginning of the day, von der Leyen had celebrated Trump’s decision on a “Pause” in the application of tariffs and considered the gesture an “important step to stabilize the world economy.”
On the eve, the countries of the European Union supported the first package of Retail to tariffs of the United States.
The European Union has been beaten by three rounds of American tariffs, and now seeks a difficult balance between finely calibrated reprisals and impulse to negotiations that allow breaking the climb of tensions.
In March, Trump announced 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, and then announced 25% to all foreign manufacturing cars, measures that entered into force last week.
The third and last step was the announcement of tariffs of 20% on the goods of the European Union between a complete series of other taxes, which enter into force this Wednesday.
