The delay in the first European Union contradicts us to mid -April – my country

the European Union The first anti -US measures against President Donald Trump are delayed Definitions Until mid -April, allowing them to rethink American goods that reach and provide additional weeks for negotiations.

The European Commission proposed to re -impose a 2018 tariff on 4.5 billion euros (4.9 billion dollars) of American products on April 1, followed by 18 billion euros of American goods on April 13.

“We are now thinking about aligning the timing of two groups of anti -European control measures so that we can consult with the member states of both lists at the same time, and this would also give us an additional time for negotiations with our American partners,” said Marus Sevkovic in the European Parliament on Thursday.

The committee later confirmed that all European Union measures will be in effect in mid -April.

The first group of anti -measures includes a 50 percent tariff application to the American borbon. Trump threatened to slap a 200 percent tariff for all wine and other alcoholic products coming from the European Union if the mass advanced in this.

The Trump administration also plans to a “mutual” tariff on April 2 to balance the global trading system.

Sefcovic indicated that he made limited progress with their American counterparts in talks so far, such as his proposal to discuss import tasks on industrial goods.

He said, “I do not think that thinking about the United States in this direction,” he said, adding that his priority appears to be attracting investment and restoring industry.

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He said: “They currently believe that the best way to do this is through the policy of customs tariffs. I hope that one day we will get this discussion, but it is clear that we are not there.”

The delay of the counter -measurement can allow some modification of the targeted American goods.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayro said on Sunday that the European Union may have been mistaken in targeting the American whiskey, while Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni warned European Union on Tuesday against the escalation of the trade conflict with the United States.

“I am not sure that responding to the definitions with more customs tariffs is necessarily good,” said Meloni, close to Trump.

France and Italy are the largest exporters of wine for the United States.

Prime Minister Michel Martin from Ireland, a major source of whiskey, said on Thursday that it is reasonable that Europe was giving itself a time after April 2 to assess the American measure package and then “respond with wisdom and strategy.”