THE EU Trade Representative, Olof Gill, He confirmed that the block aims to reach a trade agreement with the US before August 1, “probably even in the coming days”.

He said that “the EU teams are working nonstop on a technical and political level to reach an agreement in principle.”

“An agreement is now dependent on the willingness to find a result that is accepted on both sides.”he said, as the Guardian reports.

Answering Lisa O’Carroll’s next question by Guardian, he added:

“When I say the next few days, I mean, the next few days. That’s what we push. It requires both sides to reach an agreement and we believe that an agreement is possible. “he said.

Earlier, he said the EU is in “intensive negotiations” with the US, with Commissioner Maro Court Maroš šefčovič working with its US counterparts, Commerce Minister Howard Lutnick and US Commerce Lutnick.

At the same time German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz He said he was in intensive consultations with the US government as well as with the Commission on duties, while expressing optimism that the EU could reach a trade agreement with Washington at the latest by the end of this month.

“Our goal is to reach a trade agreement with the United States of America as soon as possible, which will link mutual trade between America and the European Union with the lowest possible customs duties.”he said.

Talks between the United States and the European Union on duties are “very complicated” and could continue until the August 1st deadline, he said on Wednesday. Italian Finance Minister Giancarlo George, According to Reuters.