The European Commission proposes tariff reductions to apply the commercial agreement with the United States

Europa se pliega ante Trump: las claves de un acuerdo que se paga en aranceles, energía y defensa

The European Commission (EC) announced on Thursday the proposition of two measures to reduce tariffs on US imports, With the objective of meeting the demands of the American president, Donald Trump.

In this way, the agreement signed on July 27 with the US could be applied retroactively since August 1 limits 15% general tariffs to products from the European Union (EU).

The first measure proposes to end the tariffs on the US industrial products and Grant preferential access to the community market to some non -sensitive fishing and agricultural products in the United States. That is, those who do not pose a very large weight in their exports.

The second of them advocates “Prolong the free treatment of tariffs” for the lobster, Including the processed lobster, as reported by the European Commission on Thursday.

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