Representative of the European Commission (ed. Commission) Called today (2.5.2025) to provide more information on European Commissioner Maro Sefzovic’s statements in an interview with the Financial Times that Europe is considering increasing the $ 50 billion US goods market with the aim of solving problems with trade relations with commercial relations with USA.
Commission spokeswoman in Commerce Treasury Jillee said that “we are discussing the areas where we believe we could proceed with agreements”, stressing that “we are fully committed to our discussions with the US”.
Gil was asked about US products that the European Commissioner said that Europe could buy, such as LNG and specifically agricultural productssuch as soybeans, saying that “there is nothing new here” and added that “already last November, the Commission president said we could consider good EU imports from the US imports in LNG energy and some agricultural products.
Today we simply reiterate that there are areas where we believe we can probably to increase our imports from the US and that this would also have the Additional benefit of reducing to some degree of commercial and commodity surplus We enjoy it and which seems to be so obsessed on the other side of the Atlantic. “
The course of conversations
Although the European Commissioner for Commerce said talks with the US government have made “certain progress”, the Commission’s spokesman did not want to provide more information. “We are not going to comment in detail the negotiations that are being held, but we are fully committed to finding agreements with the US that will benefit both sides.”
Finally, Gil was also asked about the possible red line of zero duties that Europe could put in its discussions with the US with itself saying that “from the beginning we are clear, we do not believe that duties are doing good in Europe, the US and the world economy.
For this reason, we took the strong initiative to actually consider areas in which we can not only diminish, but abolish duties. “