““We will act calmly, carefully, step -by -step and unified, checking our answer, giving enough time for negotiations” – Marosh Sheffchovich”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Unreasonable duties will inevitably have negative consequences. We act calmly, carefully, in stages and unified, checking our answer, giving enough time to negotiate. But we will not stand aside if we do not manage to reach a fair agreement, ”he wrote on the social network.
Earlier, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Liaien called the universal duties of US President Donald Trump with a serious blow to the world economy and stated that the European Union is ready to respond to countermeasures if negotiations with Washington failed.
On April 2, US President Donald Trump 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%. But for EU countries, it will be 20%.
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The International Monetary Fund has previously stated that US President Donald Trump’s desire for large -scale tariffs creates great uncertainty and undermines confidence, but is unlikely to provoke a recession in the near future.