New tariffs imposed on European goods by the US administration
30.6.2020
Question for written answer E-003835/2020
to the Commission
Rule 138
Gianna Gancia (ID), Gilles Lebreton (ID), Fulvio Martusciello (PPE), Franc Bogovič (PPE), Gianantonio Da Re (ID), Rosanna Conte (ID), Viktor Uspaskich (Renew), Matteo Adinolfi (ID), Lucia Vuolo (ID), Pietro Fiocchi (ECR), Nicolae Ştefănuță (Renew), Massimiliano Salini (PPE)
We refer to the notice published by the US Trade Representative on 26 June reporting the possible imposition of new tariffs on EU products such as aircraft, olives, beer and gin, among many others[1].
The Trump administration is imposing tariffs on around USD 3.1 billion worth of imports from the EU, in particular from Italy, France, Germany and Spain;
The new tariffs would affect both the EU and American economies, mining the recovery plans on both sides of the Atlantic;
Some EU countries allegedly affected by the new tariffs are not directly involved in the World Trade Organization’s Airbus-Boeing dispute.
- 1.Could the Commission clarify its position on the Trump administration’s new step backwards?
- 2.Could it provide a strategy to avoid adopting of a retaliatory measure, which could trigger a trade war?
- [1] https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/Review_of_Action_Enforcement_of_U.S._WTO_Rights_in_Large_Civil_Aircraft_Dispute_June_23_2020.pdf