““Talk about trying to reassure the situation and find a way to return the Trump administration at the negotiating table and to a rational position””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“As part of the G7, we all talked to the United States to try to reassure the situation and find a way to return the Trump administration at the negotiation table and to a rational position,” Jancarlo Georgeetti, quoted by Reuts, said in Rome.
He added that Italy welcomes Trump’s statement on Wednesday, that he suspended many of the tariffs for 90 days.
US President Donald Trump on April 2 announced the introduction of duties on goods from all over the world that will be imported to the United States.
The basic customs rate on import of all foreign goods to the United States will be 10%. It will be for the United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia, Turkey, Ukraine and many other countries. For EU countries, it will be 20%, for China – 34%, for South Korea – 25%, for Japan – 24%, for India – 26%.
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“I allowed a 90-day pause, as well as a significant reduction in mutual tariffs during this period by 10%, which also comes into force immediately,” his statement said.
