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Divided EU scrambles for a response to Trump’s tariffs
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Divided EU scrambles for a response to Trump’s tariffs

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Good morning. Information to start out: Nato’s European members should agree a “joint road map [and] timetable” with the US to shift the burden of defending the continent, Finland’s defence minister instructed the Monetary Occasions, to avert a unilateral withdrawal by the Trump administration that Russia might exploit.

Beneath, I’ve extra from the minister on tips on how to sidestep Hungary’s pro-Russian spoiler techniques. However earlier than that, our commerce maestro explains Brussels’ stuttering response to Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught.

Have a liberating weekend.

Delayed response

The US has whacked the EU thrice with tariffs within the house of a month. But Brussels’ first response continues to be being thrashed out by nervous member states, writes Andy Bounds.

Context: US President Donald Trump levied tariffs of 20 per cent on virtually all EU exports on Wednesday. That’s on prime of 25 per cent of sectoral levies on metal, aluminium and vehicles.

The European Fee has mentioned it could retaliate on as much as €26bn value of US items for the tariffs on metal and aluminium. However the US is hitting €350mn plus of EU merchandise — and Brussels has but to provide you with a response for the remainder of them.

France, Italy and Eire need bourbon whiskey taken off the metal retaliatory record, on the grounds that Trump threatened to escalate with 200 per cent levies on wine and different alcohol.

Antonio Tajani, Italy’s overseas minister, met EU commerce commissioner Maroš Šefčovič yesterday to plead his case. “Putting a sanction on whiskey means provoking a reaction on the alcohol that we export, wines in particular. And since we export much more alcohol than we import, it would be a form of self-harm,” Tajani mentioned.

He additionally wished motorbikes taken off the record, fearing for Moto Guzzi and Ducati, in addition to jewelry, valuable stones and one other 30 merchandise.

Tajani as an alternative desires talks to eradicate all tariffs between the 2 sides. Šefčovič can have an internet name along with his American counterpart tomorrow, however talks have to this point yielded no progress.

One problem is that Howard Lutnick, the US commerce secretary he talks to, seems to have little sway with Trump. Peter Navarro, Trump’s commerce adviser, known as the photographs, mentioned one EU diplomat.

“It seems that Peter Navarro is the architect of these policies. But he will not be the one to negotiate,” mentioned the diplomat.

European Fee president Ursula von der Leyen yesterday promised the EU was getting ready to answer the tariffs in sort, however she was “ready to negotiate to remove any remaining barriers to transatlantic trade”. Officers nonetheless insist the dialog have to be two-way, with Washington dropping a few of its non-tariff obstacles.

The EU will ship its revised record of retaliation measures to member states on Monday, with a vote deliberate for subsequent week. The tariffs would then be handed into legislation on April 15, however solely apply a month later.

Stéphane Séjourné, the EU’s business commissioner, mentioned he would meet business leaders on April 10 to take the temperature.

“The objective will be to assess the consequences for the sectors, discuss the format of the countermeasures and the means of supporting our companies,” his workplace mentioned.

Chart du jour: Flying away

Divided EU scrambles for a response to Trump’s tariffs

One other impact of the Trump tariffs: The price of air freight to the US instantly surged, as companies rushed to import merchandise earlier than the measures hit.

Bypassing Budapest

Brussels have to be legally “innovative” to stop Hungary from blocking help to Ukraine or easing stress on Russia, Finland’s defence minister has mentioned.

Context: Hungary, the EU’s most pro-Russian member state, has repeatedly delayed or weakened sanctions in opposition to Moscow and vetoed navy help for Kyiv. It has additionally threatened to launch some €190bn of frozen Russian state belongings in July, when the sanctions immobilising them come up for renewal.

“All the [EU] nations are stepping forward with their own national budgets [to support Ukraine]. There are good signs. But Hungary is a problem,” Antti Häkkänen instructed the FT. “The European Commission has to find a legal and financial instruments for that.”

“I know the European Commission’s lawyers, they can be really innovative. So now is the time to use all the ideas,” he added. “How to find different kinds of funds, back ups for loans or something like that, that we can continue even stronger Ukrainian support.”

Häkkänen’s fears are shared by many EU capitals apprehensive about Hungary blocking the sanctions extension — which requires unanimity — or stopping new monetary help packages for Kyiv from being agreed.

“If there’s a bad peace [in Ukraine] and the sanctions are being lifted off too quickly, Russia will get the energy incomes and re-arm themselves faster,” Häkkänen mentioned. “And that’s a problem for the whole of Europe . . . what we have to now use is EU funding to aid Ukraine’s military.”

What to observe immediately

  1. European Fee president Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council president António Costa attend the EU-Central Asia summit in Samarkand.

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