EU 'expects' US to honour trade deal as Trump hikes tariffs - Latest News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : "As the United States' largest trading partner, the EU expects the U.S. to honour its commitments set out in the Joint Statement -- just as the EU stands by its commitments," it added.
58% : "EU products must continue to benefit from the most competitive treatment, with no increases in tariffs beyond the clear and all-inclusive ceiling previously agreed," the commission said.
52% : The EU executive said it remained "in close and continuous contact" with Trump's administration and that EU Trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic had spoken with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Saturday.
51% : The EU and United States last year struck an agreement setting U.S. tariffs at a maximum 15 percent on most European goods.
51% : The European Parliament's trade committee had been due to approve the EU-U.S. deal on Tuesday -- but the Supreme Court judgment casts doubt on that now happening.
50% : Greer told U.S. broadcaster CBS on Sunday that Washington's deals with the European Union, China and other partners remained in force despite the Supreme Court ruling.
47% : Even if they did however, the U.S. could still use other tariffs "to pressure the EU to return to the negotiating table".
41% : No one can make sense of it anymore -- only open questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other U.S. trading partners," Lange wrote.
39% : The European Commission called Sunday for Washington to abide by the terms of the trade deal struck last year with the EU, as President Donald Trump announced new global tariff hikes a day after an adverse Supreme Court ruling.

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