{"id":138890,"date":"2025-04-08T09:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T06:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/eu-offered-zero-for-zero-deal-to-us-weeks-before-tariff-announcement\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T06:20:06","slug":"eu-offered-zero-for-zero-deal-to-us-weeks-before-tariff-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/eu-offered-zero-for-zero-deal-to-us-weeks-before-tariff-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"EU offered \u2018zero-for-zero\u2019 deal to US weeks before tariff announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138890\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThe EU has said it offered the US a \u201czero-for-zero\u201d tariff deal on cars and industrial goods weeks before Donald Trump launched his trade war, but that it would \u201cnot wait endlessly\u201d to defend itself. Maros \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d, the EU commissioner for trade, said he had proposed zero tariffs on cars and a range of industrial goods, such as pharmaceutical products, rubber and machinery, during his first meeting with the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, on 19 February.<\/p>\n<p>He said the EU remained open for talks, while suggesting nothing would be concluded soon: \u201cRight now we are in the early stages of discussions, because the US view tariffs not as a tactical step, but as a corrective measure.\u201d He added: \u201cWhile the EU remains open to and strongly prefers negotiations, we will not wait endlessly.\u201d He listed EU actions including retaliatory countermeasures.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said the EU had offered \u201czero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods\u201d and that offer remained on the table. However, at a press conference on Monday evening, Trump did not appear keen on the offer. He told reporters that zero-zero tariffs were not going to happen, adding: \u201cThe European Union\u2019s been very bad to us. They\u2019re going to have to buy their energy from us, because they need it and they\u2019re going to have to buy it from us. They can buy it, we can knock off $350bn in one week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d earlier rejected suggestions EU countries would abandon VAT, one of Trump\u2019s grievances. He said the EU had spent \u201csome time and energy\u201d to explain to US counterparts how the sales tax works, citing its use in more than 160 countries. \u201cWe are ready to discuss, to look at things, but it has to be a mutually advantageous solution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The EU trade commissioner was speaking after it emerged that the union was likely to exempt US bourbon whiskey from its retaliation against Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs, in a sign of tensions over how to handle the expanding trade war. EU member states will vote on Wednesday over a first round of possible retaliation, in response to Trump\u2019s tariffs on steel and aluminium announced last month.<\/p>\n<p>The bloc vowed to target up to \u20ac26bn (\u00a322.3bn) worth of emblematic US goods, such as Harley-Davidson motorbikes, orange juice and jeans, with tariffs due to come into force from 15 April. Some countries, notably France and the Republic of Ireland, have been lobbying for bourbon to be dropped from the list, after Trump threatened 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a European Commission vice-president, St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9, told French Inter Radio he had \u201ca hope\u201d that bourbon would be removed from the list in the coming hours, saying \u201cthe message has been taken that the economic impact could be major\u201d. But Germany\u2019s economy minister, Robert Habeck, warned that handing out exemptions would undermine the EU\u2019s retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stock markets are already collapsing and the damage could become even greater. It is therefore important \u2026 to act clearly and decisively and prudently, which means realising that we are in a strong position. America is in a position of weakness,\u201d Habeck told reporters. \u201cIf every country is counted individually, and we have a problem here with red wine and there with whisky and pistachios, then it will all come to nothing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/07\/eu-offered-zero-for-zero-deal-to-us-weeks-before-tariff-announcement\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vau-viikkokatsaus\/eu-offered-zero-for-zero-deal-to-us-weeks-before-tariff-announcement\/\">EU offered \u2018zero-for-zero\u2019 deal to US weeks before tariff announcement<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[18478,274,574,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-138890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-zero-for-zero","tag-eu","tag-us","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}