The European Union proposed to the United States a six-month customs freeze

The European Union I suggest you comment along United State Of tariffs imposed on billions of dollars in imports for a period of six months, the bloc’s trade chief, Valdes Dombrowskis, told the German daily on Saturday. woman.

That would override the four-month suspension agreed last month and send a signal Brussels It is seeking a compromise in a 16-year dispute over aviation support.

“We have proposed suspending all reciprocal tariffs for a period of six months to reach a negotiated solution,” Dombrovskis told the magazine.

“This will provide a necessary respite for industries and workers on both sides of the Atlantic,” he added.

In March, the two sides agreed to a four-month suspension of all US tariffs on imports from European Union $ 7.5 billion and $ 4 billion in societal concessions over US property resulting from the cases brought before WTO For subsidies granted to aircraft manufacturers Airbus s Boeing.

Dumbrovskies also said that European Union Closely monitor the President’s “purchase of American goods” Joe Biden, Which base those public contracts in United State It will be awarded exclusively to companies located in that country.

“Our goal is to push procurement markets to be as open as possible in all parts of the world,” he said. woman.

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