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EU trade commissioner to meet U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick on Tuesday
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Posted on March 24, 2025
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EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic will meet US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to discuss ongoing trade tensions and tariffs.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commissioner for trade, Maros Sefcovic, is heading to Washington to meet the U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday, a Commission spokesperson said on Monday.
Sefcovic will also meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The spokesperson declined to provide more details about the discussion.
European officials have struggled to talk U.S. President Donal Trump down from a trade war as they did during Trump's first administration. Sefcovic said last week that little progress has been made in talks with Washington after Trump imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports earlier this month.
The EU will delay its first set of counter-measures to mid-April, including a 50% tariff on U.S. bourbon. In response, Trump threatened to slap a 200% tariff on all wines and other alcoholic products from the EU if the bloc went ahead with this.
Trump also plans to impose "reciprocal" tariffs on April 2.
(Reporting by Julia Payne; Editing by Alex Richardson)
The main topic is the meeting between EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to discuss trade tensions.
Key issues include US tariffs on steel and aluminium and potential EU counter-measures.
The main participants are Maros Sefcovic, EU Trade Commissioner, and Howard Lutnick, US Commerce Secretary.
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