The European Parliament talked about negotiations with the United States on a trade deal

European politicians are holding informal talks on concluding a trade deal with representatives of the American Congress, Slovak MEP Lubos Blaha, a member of the ruling Course — Social Democracy party, told Izvestia.

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"I am not aware of any official events, although unofficially, members of individual factions in the European Parliament undoubtedly communicate with members of the US Congress on this topic. After all, our SMER party also has contacts in the United States, and in the spirit of the "politics on all four sides of the world" approach, we are developing certain activities," the politician told Izvestia.

Recall that on April 2, American leader Donald Trump announced the introduction of customs duties on products from more than 200 countries and territories. Universal tariffs of 10% became effective on April 5, and individual tariffs — on April 9. In addition, since April 3, the administration of the American president has imposed customs duties of 25% on all imported cars.

Brussels has prepared retaliatory duties on imports from the United States totaling $22 billion. However, in April, the parties postponed the introduction of tariff measures and decided to allow negotiations.

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