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A DEAL BETWEEN the US and EU to prevent the implementation of tariffs on European goods exported to America is “possible”, President Donald Trump has said.
Negotiators are under renewed pressure to strike a deal after Trump last week threatened a 30% tariff would be in place for the EU if a new trade agreement was not reached by 1 August.
The European Commission this week renewed its mandate to continue negotiations to strike a deal, which Trump has now suggested may be reacher soon.
Speaking to broadcaster Real America’s Voice, the US President said: “We could possibly make a deal with the EU [...] The EU, the European Union, has been brutal. But now they’re being very nice, and they want to make a deal.
“It will be a lot different from the deal that we have had for years. I was going to do them last time, but then we had Covid come up, and it wasn’t a good time to tell Spain and France, ‘Guess what, you’re going to be paying a lot of money’.”
Speaking earlier in the interview, Trump suggested that foreign administrations rush to reach a deal after receiving a letter from the White House which threatens high tariff rates.
It was widely rumoured last week that the EU was close to striking a deal, with European Trade Commissioner and lead negotiator Maroš Šefčovič agreeing on Monday that he felt let down after Trump threatened to impose a 30% tariff.
“We are showing an enormous patience and enormous creativity to find solutions, but if it reaches 30+%, quite simply, the trading as we know it will not continue, with a huge negative effect on both sides of the Atlantic,” Šefčovič told reporters this week.
Trump said last night: “We could make a deal, possibly, with Europe. I’m very indifferent to it because I sent out a letter, I think we had 30%. That means 30% of everything they do they give to us, it’s not a bad business.”
Tánaiste and Trade minister Simon Harris told cabinet on Tuesday that the new 30% tariff rate on goods from the EU could accelerate potential job losses in Ireland.
Employment minister Peter Burke said the new, higher rate made it very difficult to assess the potential impact.
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More TACO bluster again.
Without ASML, or with a 30% tariff added, U.S. chip ambitions would suffer and maybe collapse. Boeing, one of the largest blue-collar employers in the U.S., relies heavily on Safran and other European companies as key joint venture partners. Siemens, ABB, and Schneider are critical suppliers for U.S. energy infrastructure.
Europe is not a foreign competitor—it is an essential partner to the U.S. As usual, Trump is too primitive to understand that the world is much bigger than the United States and they will suffer just as much from their own tariffs.
@Bat Boy: Time someone called this jackass’s bluff.
@Stanley Marsh: The so-called files of the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein that everyone is suddenly talking about — again — don’t contain any dirt on President Trump. If they did, the unethical and unscrupulous President Biden would have released them.
I would repeat that.
All the hand-wringing and bloviating from the Democrats demanding the release of the “files” is just that, a sudden growth of conscience by an immoral bunch of prevaricators playing politics.
Epstein (who gets no “Mr.” honorific because he was a skeevy perv) killed himself on Aug. 10, 2019. Or, more plausibly, didn’t. A guy who once shared his cell at the hellhole known as the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City said Monday that there’s “just no way” the convicted pedophile committed suicide.
@thomas molloy: Why would Biden release them. Lots of democrats past and present have been photographed with Epstein. So releasing them will clearly damage both the republicans and democrats. So no biden wouldn’t have released them and it would be self sabotaging. You can bet your mortgage that if Trump wasn’t in the files he would most definitely have released them.
@thomas molloy: if there is nothing to hide, there is nothing to hide. Release the files.
@thomas molloy: Why is he hiding the files? If he is innocent he would release thr files. You are quite clearly a fully paid up member of his cult….but even at that, why would you not want files released? Whether Trump is listed or not, that would bring to justice a shocking number of paedophiles? Release the files and bring those in the files, regardless of theor political affiliation to justice. By not releasing them, as you thinknis OK, paedophiles are being protected. Do you think paedos should be protected?
If Biden was protecting people then he should be brought to justice too.
@thomas molloy: The Epstein Files which you hero and his cohort said exists and now they do not.
Do you mean those “so called files”
@Ger Whelan: The files have to go through “due process” and it has just finished.
They can not be released until that happens. Biden could not release them but turnip can
And he still doesn’t understand how tariffs work. What a numpty.
@ecrowley ecrowley: that’s what I figured out reading his quotes.
That’s impressive for someone who’s been in business all his life!
TACO
@Lance Taylor: So far the JD Vance memes are an easy first place tho : )
@Lance Taylor: whys the Pedo hiding the Epstein files?
Very little we buy from usa that cant be aquired (at lower cost) from china, as far as exports to US, Why buy into further disruptions at the drop of a hat in future? Much more stable markets out there.
@bruce banner: Unlike China, the EU needs to up its game on a wide range of tech services including GPS (US Military), Social Media, Payments etc
@bruce banner: It wouldn’t be China that I’d be thinking towards for replacements of American brands.
I’m not really sure what other people even buy that’s made in USA.
I’d have some musical stuff, some tools, a bit of clothing, and not much else could think of. Books, DVD’s and CD’s are from the past, aside from the rare time I add something secondhand.
Their food or cleaning products companies mostly have factories in EU.
Almonds is one that they’ve a huge market share of, since California produces about 70% of global supply.
Hard to think of produce or meat they supply, that I’d buy.
@Saoi na bhFarraigí: GPS is owned by US Military, but it only one of four GNSS systems for navigation. EU already has Galileo an alternative system, two other systems are also available
@Saoi na bhFarraigí: Sure, but that’s also one of the elephants in the room when talking about these tariffs… they are all about physical goods.
If were to take into account digital services, accountancy firms, law firms, auditors, etc etc… then the deficit claims don’t hold up in any way. Not that even their claims about physical goods are particularly valid either. The penguins have very articulately disproven them.
@ben wu: our agriculture, dairy, poultry and pigs in particular is dependant on feed imports.
Numpty!
@Thomas Meaney: US has been asleep under Democratic Party but wakening up now. Question. Have you see US cars in Ireland in comparable numbers. ? Why. ? 63% tariffs/vat/duties. That’s going to change. “Several US companies are actively involved in the electric vehicle (EV) market. These include well-established manufacturers like Tesla, Ford, and General Motors, as well as newer companies like Rivian and Lucid Motors. Other companies like Canoo and Fisker are also developing and producing electric vehicles.”
@thomas molloy: or maybe it’s the size of them so they don’t fit on our narrow roads and the fact that they are fuel inefficient. Mind you, there are plenty of Ford’s around, but they designed some to fit our needs better.
@thomas molloy: their cars are crap..
@thomas molloy: The truth is that there is a 2.5% tariff on US vehicles.
Are you by chance counting Vat and VRT in your incorrect claim as they are one not tariffs and two they are charged on all vehicles.
US vehicles are two big, two petrol hungry and a lot of them do not pass the safety standards in Ireland. The Tesla’s we get are made in Germany and China and the Chinese make cheaper better cars than the US and they pay a massive tariff of 17% to 35% and 10% import duty on top. Yet everybody is buying them! As they are better and cheaper than the US junk!
An ignoramus!
@Desmond Lyons: President Trump has directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release “any and all” relevant grand jury testimony in the case of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The move is aimed at quelling the rebellion among his supporters demanding the release of more information in the case.
“Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony subject to Court approval. This SCAM perpetuated by the Democrats should end, right now!” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Is that another big word that he made up. The world needs this paedo in charge just to prove that democracy doesn’t work anymore
@Tarquin Donovan: next you’ll be calling his biggest critics like Musk lefties lol. Keep pulling your chain lad!
@Tarquin Donovan: Are you not using ‘Mary Linton’ this morning?
@Brendan O’Brien: Seriously, Brendan, you know you should stop answering him. He says the most obnoxious things from both sides of his mouth on his various accounts just to bait people into engaging with him. It’s most likely some form of mental illness and everyone just needs to ignore anything he says. There is an outside chance he’ll get bored then and maybe stop
@Alan: Don’t feed the troll.
@Gaming with Alex: He doesn’t know Alex that’s the problem. Apparently only Brendan can do what he likes on here. He is not happy when people suggest he stop but he’s quick enough to tell others what to do. Brendan needs to feed the troll. He actually said what he is doing is the right thing. He’s on a righteous one man mission to save the journal. When in reality he’s actually making it worse because he’s doing exactly what the troll wants and engaging it.
@Gaming with Alex: The nature of the site means that some users will always take him at face value, unaware of how he operates. That’s what he thrives on: manipulating people.
Letting at least some of those users know what he’s up to doesn’t seem like a bad thing to me, although I can see your point.
@Tarquin Donovan: How amusing it would be if the Journal got its act together and blocked you effectively. What would you do with your life?
@Brendan O’Brien: he was yesterday, but not yet this morning – give him a chance will ya.
@Paul: Trump may have been chosen democratically, but there’s nothing democratic about Trump – that’s the problem.
@Brendan O’Brien: outed ! What would you do with your life otherwise ?.
I speak French all of the time. So English usage sticks out more and more. Your usage of English is present in at the very least 5 accounts but probably way more.. I don’t care. If it
keeps you happy, all is good.
There was a time this dope was so indecisive….. Now he’s not so sure. Enough Shitetalk, Tariff Away Ted, then a quick U Turn Again… The Trumpman Show Continues……
@Rico: Are you trying to say that the Europeans are not going to be sending him a cheque every month for 30% of everything they do??
Muppet show what a. Clown.
The world is forked.
It’ll be 10% it was always going to be 10% he just likes the bluster, Roy cohn taught him well, distract,deny,shout, confuse, deflect ect.
“I think it was 30%. That mean 30% of everything they do they give to us, that’s not bad business”. Am I missing something here. The EU companies will still sell their exports to America for the same price, but the Americian importers/companies will have to pay the 30% tariff and remit it to Mr Trumps government
I’ve heard of robbing Peter to pay Paul, but this sounds like robbing Paul to pay Paul more.
Just ignore the tangerine toddler, when I comes close to deadline day let him stew. Ireland won’t starve. Let him come on bended knee begging for a deal. There are other markets the EU can pursue to replace the US
Ireland will suffer the most due to the incompetence of the political establishment parties and their woke waste wank agenda to the EU and lobbyists
@Ailbhe MacThomais: I can’t believe that your comment was actually made by a real person. McThomas or does Thomais mean something else ?
Made up Gaelic
Hope no one is listening to Taco. . Surely he wont last any longer with all thats against him at moment
A clueless buffoon only making noise
Gob
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