“unlikely” a further extension of 90 days to the implementation of the so -called ‘mutual’ duties. To brake is the president of the United States Donald Trump, speaking with journalists aboard the Air Force One towards Rome, for the funeral of Pope Francis.
To a question about the possibility of granting another three -month suspension, Trump called this “improbable” scenario. The president also has announced the intention of not removing the duties to China, unless Beijing offer “something substantial” in return.
“Opening China” American products “would be fantastic, it would be a great victory” And thanks “to the duties I could get it,” he said again. Already in the past “we almost succeeded, and then they pulled back from that agreement, but we had the opportunity to enter China and sell our products”, explained Trump, claiming that even if he got “the greatest victory in the story” La Stampa “will not give me merit”.
But, underlined the US President, “Things are working very well. People start to understand how useful the duties are for us. You know, The rates were used against us for 50 years. I never understood why we allowed this to happen. We couldn’t go to China, but they could come here. We couldn’t go to Europe, but they could come here. We couldn’t go to India, but they could come here. I never understood why they allowed it. And I don’t blame the countries, but to the presidents for allowing this to happen. But now you have a different president “.
EU Commissioner to the Economy: “A lot of work before agreement with Washington”
“There is still a lot of work in front of us” before an agreement can be achieved with Washington to ‘avoid’ the new duties imposed by the Trump administration, in the meantime the European commissioner has affirmed to the economy, Valdis Dombrovskis. “There is a lot of work in front of us to reach concrete parameters to avoid the imposition of customs duties,” said the official during a briefing with the press at the end of a week of meetings in the American capital.