EU Looks for Progress on Trade During Biden Visit
Voice of America
The European Union’s trade chief said Wednesday he hopes a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden next week will bring progress in resolving U.S.-EU trade disputes.
Speaking to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Valdis Dombrovskis said the EU was looking for “decisive progress” on steel tariffs and a long-running clash over subsidies to airplane manufacturers. “As a trust and confidence building measures, we have to de-escalate and solve EU-U.S. trade disputes,” Dombrovskis said. Trade disputes between the two sides escalated during the term of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who complained that Europe treated the United States “very badly.”The historic part of Heidelberg is flooded during high water of the Neckar river in Heidelberg, southwestern Germany, June 3, 2024. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to Bavaria State Prime Minister Markus Soeder as they visit Reichertshofen, in the aftermath of severe flooding, near Ingolstadt, Germany, June 3, 2024.
South African President and President of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his remarks in the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) National Results Center at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, on June 2, 2024. Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters stand outside the Alexandra Library polling station in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, on May 29, 2024. Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), South African main opposition party, John Steenhuisen, center, speaks with the media at the Independent Electoral Commission National Results Center in Midrand, May 31, 2024. uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party leader and South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma addresses his supporters outside the Johannesburg High Court in Johannesburg, June 3, 2024. Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, right, reacts as he arrives for a press conference at the Independent Electoral Commission National Results Center at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, South Africa, June 1, 2024.