The trade agreement between the United States and the EU establishing American customs duties on European products at 15 % provides “Temporary stability” But remain “Unbalanced”regretted, Monday, July 28, the Minister Delegate in charge of Europe, Benjamin Haddad.
“The trade agreement negotiated by the European Commission with the United States will bring temporary stability to economic actors threatened by American climbing, but it is unbalanced”wrote on X Benjamin Haddad who warned the risk of a ” stall “ Europeans if these “Don’t wake up”.
Mr. Haddad welcomed that the agreement exempts “Key sectors for the French economy [aéronautique, spiritueux, médicaments] »excluded “Any concession for [les] Sensitive agricultural sectors » et “Preserves [la] European regulations on subjects such as digital or sanitary ”.
“But let’s be lucid: the state of affairs is not satisfactory and cannot be durable”estimated the minister, observing that the United States “Choose economic coercion and complete contempt for the rules of the World Trade Organization”. “We must quickly draw the consequences or risk erasure”he wrote, warning: “If Europeans do not wake up, the difficulties of others will all seem to be relative to our dropout. »»
“Mass should not be said”
Asked about France Inter The Minister for French Foreign Trade, Laurent Saint-Martin, called for a “Rebalancing”. “Me, I don’t want us to stop at what happened yesterday [dimanche]. It would actually be assuming that Europe is not an economic power. And above all, there is a political issue behind ”he said. “Is European construction, is the European Union a force?” If we want the answer to be yes, then mass should not be said “said the minister, also judging the agreement “Unbalanced”.
The United States and the European Union (EU) have reached a trade agreement providing for customs duties of 15 % on European exports, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, July 27, after a meeting with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in Turnberry, in Scotland.
The EU has engaged at $ 750 billion (638 billion euros) of energy purchases over three years and to invest an additional $ 600 billion in the United States, according to the American president, who spoke with the European leader for an hour. The Republican President described this agreement as “Bigger” never concluded in terms of trade, and by seeing a promise “Unity and friendship”. The patron of the European executive, for its part, praised a “Good agreement”which will bring “Stability”.
