A EU Without hesitation in his answer to imposition this week, Customs 20% and must cause as much damage as possible United StatesFormer Director of the Ministry of Trade said European commissionField
“We must take retaliation measures proportional to the damage of the United States, and cause the same economic and political damage to the United States,” he says Jean-Luk DemartiThe General Director of the Trade of the European Commission in the period from 2011 to 2019.
“If we cause US economic damage, this will lead to political damage. American voters based their vote mainly in the economic situation of their country, ”he says.
According to the former senior employee, the EU must impose customs rights equivalent to American products, avoiding those necessary for the EU.
“We must take measures, starting with the application of rights equivalent to a number of products that Americans export us, minimizing the damage for us, which means the choice of products that are not important and can be found in other places,” Demartes said: “The EU should not see certain American products, such as the GARS GASNIT, SMO, or some technological products, such as semiconductories.”
Demarty also believes that the EU will have to use its anti-supplier adopted in 2023, which allows the bloc to limit access to state contracts and companies engaged in persons, such as IP licenses.
“Cleaning is clearly. Trump denies us the ability to use bets, which in some cases are higher than in the USA, and, in some cases, lower. However, our tariffs are legitimate and fulfill the Rules of the WTO, ”he said, adding that Trump’s address to VAT and the EU rules as“ effective tariffs ”, also equivalent to replenishment.
Services should be the main goal
According to Demarti, services should be the main goal of the EU response, because the United States has a commercial excess with the EU in the service sector.
“We need to provide digital services, as well as financial services in order to damage us, both economic and politicians,” said the former senior EU official. “If we reach these sectors quite hard, they (large technological and financial companies) will say“ enough ”to Donald Trump.”
Demarty said that large technological and Wall stroke -companies have a significant political influence. “In the United States, political parties are financed by a private sector with large amounts. Therefore, this may have a political influence. ”
Demarty, who negotiated with the United States during the aluminum and steel trade war during the First Administration of Trump in 2018, emphasized that the US administration, with which the EU now must negotiate, became more radical, which complicates the task of the EU.
“In 2018, there were still people around Trump who advocated a certain opening for trade. Today there are only crazy people around him who advocate the closure of the markets, ”Demarti said, adding that the EU needs to attack him tightly, not relax.”