O Commissioner Maros Shefkovic He said today before the European Parliament in Strasbourg that the EU prefers to find a solution through negotiations with the US, but in the event of the conversations failure. The EU prepares its countermeasures And all the options are on the table.

According to Bloomberg, EU is targeting additional tariffs of 100 billion euros in US goods If the conversations fail. The proposed retaliation will be notified on Wednesday and consultations will last one month before the list was finalized, the people, who spoke on the condition of his anonymity, said.

After nearly a month after the start of the tariff truce between the EU and the US, a solution has not yet been found through negotiations and The progress made seems limited. “We now need the US to show their readiness and make progress towards a fair and balanced solution,” Shevkovic said during a debate in the European Parliament on “An EU single response to the unjustified US commercial measures and the world.”

‘All options remain on the table’, The Commissioner of Commerce stressed, recalling that the EU has suspended its own countermeasures to give space to the negotiations, taking advantage of the 90 -day cessation period of the US president.

Separately, the European Commission, the Executive Bloc, which handles commercial issues, is expected to share a document in the US this week to try to start negotiations, Bloomberg said earlier. EU proposals are expected to include a reduction in trade and non -tariff barriers and boosting investment in the US.

It is recalled that EU countries face 25% US tariffs on steel and aluminum and cars imports and 10% “reciprocal” duties for almost all other goods that could increase to 20% after D. Trump’s 90 -day cessation, that is, from July 14th.

Sefkovic said the US has imposed duties on 70% of EU goods imported into the US and this could increase to 97% if the US also includes EU medicines, semiconductors and other goods. The new EU’s countermeasure list will be added to US goods worth 21 billion euros already targeted by European duties in response to a 25% duty imposed by Trump on steel and aluminum exports.

Sefkovic also said that the EU would be protected from possible increases in imports from countries such as China, due to diverting trade from the Trump tariff wall. By mid -May, a working group will be set up by the Committee to monitor the diversion of commerce.