A meeting between US Trade Representative Greer and EU Trade Commissioner Šefčovič will take place next week – and it could get heated as the US pushes for more concessions and faster implementation of trade deal cut in July.The European Commission confirmed on Monday that US trade representative Jamieson Greer will meet EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič on 23 November in Brussels.The “Turnberry agreement” concluded between the EU and the US in July includes that the EU will pay 15% tariffs on its exports to the US and will reduce to 0% its tariffs on most of US goods arriving in the EU.Still, the US is pushing for more, pressuring on the EU to scrap its digital and climate regulations regarded as “non-tariff” barriers to trade by Washington.
A meeting between US Trade Representative Greer and EU Trade Commissioner Šefčovič will take place next week – and it could get heated as the US pushes for more concessions and faster implementation of trade deal cut in July.The European Commission confirmed on Monday that US trade representative Jamieson Greer will meet EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič on 23 November in Brussels.The “Turnberry agreement” concluded between the EU and the US in July includes that the EU will pay 15% tariffs on its exports to the US and will reduce to 0% its tariffs on most of US goods arriving in the EU.Still, the US is pushing for more, pressuring on the EU to scrap its digital and climate regulations regarded as “non-tariff” barriers to trade by Washington.
A meeting between US Trade Representative Greer and EU Trade Commissioner Šefčovič will take place next week – and it could get heated as the US pushes for more concessions and faster implementation of trade deal cut in July.The European Commission confirmed on Monday that US trade representative Jamieson Greer will meet EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič on 23 November in Brussels.The “Turnberry agreement” concluded between the EU and the US in July includes that the EU will pay 15% tariffs on its exports to the US and will reduce to 0% its tariffs on most of US goods arriving in the EU.Still, the US is pushing for more, pressuring on the EU to scrap its digital and climate regulations regarded as “non-tariff” barriers to trade by Washington.
EU lawmakers hope to amend EU-US trade deal
Brussels has insisted that it will not cede on its “sovereign” right to legislate, including big US tech.
On 13 November, the Commission launched an investigation into whether Google is unfairly deprioritising news in search listing. The probe was opened under the Digital Market Act (DMA), designed to track abuse of dominance in the tech market. The US has criticised European digital legislation for what they consider is an unfair tax on US Big Tech.
