“We will extend the suspension of our countermeasures until early August. And at the same time we will continue to prepare the countermeasures, “the President of the European Commission said, answering questions on journalists on the sidelines of the press conference, following her meeting with the President of Indonesia and the new European – Indonesian trade agreement.
Von der Layen was asked about her reaction to the opposite and replied that Europe would suspend the countermeasures until August 1, that is, until the date the US president has imposed 30% of tariffs on European products.
She defended the choice of negotiations, which the European Commission for the US Commercial War supports as a solution, and was asked if the effectiveness of the strategy of dialogue was now questioned.
“We have always been clear that we prefer a negotiation solution”
As he said, “We were always very clear that we prefer a solution with negotiation. This is still valid and we will use the time we have now until August 1st. In addition, we have worked and now we are ready to answer countermeasures. We have been prepared for this and we can answer countermeasures if needed. Thus, this approach to the two directions attributes because we are prepared. “
At the same time, it excluded the possibility of the EU to resort to the ACI, that is, the European Union’s legal tool created to deal with economic coercion from third countries, saying that “we have not yet arrived there. ACI was created for emergencies “and stressed that” we have prepared and agreed the first list of countermeasures. We have also prepared a second possible list of countermeasures, which has now been agreed. “
She also talked about the importance of the trade agreement with Indonesia, saying that we are “differentiation of our trade relations, with a large and important political free trade agreement with Indonesia. This shows that we are looking for new and open markets. In addition, we are focusing on the deepening of the single market, because this is our safe port. “
