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EU's Dombrovskis says he held 'cordial and candid' meeting with Scott Bessent
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Posted on April 25, 2025
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Posted on April 25, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
EU's Dombrovskis met with US Treasury's Bessent to discuss tariffs, aiming for a mutually agreeable solution. EU warns of countermeasures if talks fail.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union's economy commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said on Friday he had held a 'cordial and candid' meeting with United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and reiterated the EU wanted a mutually agreeable deal regarding U.S. tariffs.
"We compared notes on the impact of U.S. tariffs. The EU is willing to reach mutually agreeable solution," Dombrovskis wrote on X.
Dombrovskis has been in Washington for International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings. He reaffirmed this week that the EU would respond with countermeasures if the tariff talks did not lead to a solution.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
The main topic is the discussion between EU's Dombrovskis and US Treasury Secretary Bessent on resolving US tariffs on the EU.
The meeting was cordial and candid, with both parties aiming for a mutually agreeable solution to the tariff issue.
Dombrovskis indicated that the EU would respond with countermeasures if the tariff talks do not lead to a solution.
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