Von der Leyen offers Trump 'zero-for-zero' tariffs deal on all industrial goods
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You wanna do this the easy way, or the hard way? She basically asks.
"We stand ready to negotiate with the US. Indeed, we have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods as we have successfully done with many other trading partners," the Commission president said on Monday afternoon.
"Because Europe is always ready for a good deal. So we keep it on the table. But we are also prepared to respond through countermeasures and defend our interests."
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What does "industrial goods" mean here?
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What does "industrial goods" mean here?
Industrial goods is usually anything, but aggricultural goods (foods, animals etc). Usually that means everything from section 25 on for the HS code.
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You wanna do this the easy way, or the hard way? She basically asks.
"We stand ready to negotiate with the US. Indeed, we have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods as we have successfully done with many other trading partners," the Commission president said on Monday afternoon.
"Because Europe is always ready for a good deal. So we keep it on the table. But we are also prepared to respond through countermeasures and defend our interests."
Carrot or stick. Even Trump should be able to understand the choice laid out before him. Whether he cares is something else, being so disconnected from anything resembling reality or sanity.
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