US Tariffs Slam €380 Billion in EU Exports, Warns EU Trade Commissioner

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00:00La situación con Estados Unidos, nuestro partner más significativo, está en un lugar

00:18difícil.

00:20Un rango de tarifas está alcanzando una porción significativa de las exportaciones de la Unión Europea.

00:26De hecho, 380 billones de euros de exportaciones de la Unión Europea a los Estados Unidos.

00:32Así que estamos hablando aquí de que unos 70% de nuestros exportes totales enfrentan tarifas de 20% o 25%

00:43o incluso más altas, cuando combinados con las tarifas más favorecidas de la nación,

00:49como la de 27,5% en tarifas de pasajeros y autos en general.

01:01Hemos ofrecido tarifas de cero por cero para autos y todos los productos industriales.

01:09Segundo, hagámoslo claro.

01:11Sin embargo, involucrar a los Estados Unidos tomará tiempo y esfuerzo.

01:19Ahora mismo estamos en las primeras etapas de las discusiones, porque los Estados Unidos

01:25ven las tarifas no como un paso táctico, sino como una medida correctiva.

01:30Estamos preparados para sentarnos a la mesa de negociación cuando nuestros partidos estadounidenses estén listos.

01:38Vamos a tomar algunas preguntas.

01:42La Unión Europea sigue abierta a, y preferiría fuertemente, las negociaciones.

01:47No esperaremos para siempre.

01:51Estoy seguro de que Michal Wil will do it in perfect, beautiful Polish.

02:03All the deadlines here are clearly determined by the legal process,

02:08so we will be distributing the final list this evening.

02:12We expect the vote on Wednesday, and once this is done,

02:17so the collection of the duties starts as of 15th of April for the first part,

02:22and in full respect of WTO methodology, second part will kick in 30 days later,

02:30so we are talking about 15th of May.

02:32Thank you very much for this question.

03:03But at the same time, until now, despite of efforts and opening,

03:08we haven't seen the real engagement which would lead to the mutually acceptable solution,

03:13because it has to be fair for both sides.

03:19If it comes to the non-tariff barriers, I can tell you that we spent quite some time and energy

03:25to explain how the VAT works, that we are not only one,

03:29there are more than 160 countries which are using VAT.

03:32VAT is an important source of income for our member states.

03:38This is how we fund our state budget, and we are not going to change our VAT system.

03:47Thank you.

03:48Johanna, you still have a question?

03:51If it comes to China, I think that my visit there was clearly guided by the fact

04:01that we need to re-engage with China.

04:07It's our third most important trading partner.

04:12If it comes to the volumes of goods traded,

04:17we've been accumulating a lot of issues on the table.

04:21So I think it's time to start removing part of the problems from the table.

04:33Thank you very much for the question.

04:34Indeed, this is kind of a black day for the markets, I would say, all over the world,

04:41because we have seen the plunge in US stock markets,

04:45but the same in Asia and also in Europe.

04:51So this is just, I would say, the market's reaction to what I think many of my colleagues

04:59in the room described as the most important paradigm shift

05:04in global trading partners since the Second World War.

05:11Thank you.

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