The U.S. has postponed imposing tariffs on US $7.5 billion of European and British goods, and the EU welcomes it cautiously

On the 12th local time, the U.S. government said it would suspend the imposition of tariffs on EU and British goods worth $7.5 billion, and the EU expressed “cautious welcome”. In October 2019, the World Trade Organization ruled that the United States had the right to impose tariffs on US $7.5 billion worth of EU goods in response to the EU’s illegal “subsidy” of Airbus, the BBC reported on the 13th. After the announcement of the ruling, the United States announced to impose 10% tariff on EU made aircraft and 25% tariff on some EU agricultural products and other products. In February 2020, the United States will raise the tariff on aircraft to 15%, while the tariff on other goods will remain unchanged. In July 2020, the European Union asked the United States to immediately eliminate the tariff on Airbus. < / P > < p > prior to this, the United States and Europe have been engaged in a 16 year trade war over Boeing and Airbus. As for the latest US tariff policy towards Europe, Robert Lighthizer, the US trade representative, said frankly: “although the EU and its member states have not yet taken the necessary measures to comply with the WTO decision, the United States is committed to seeking a long-term solution to this dispute.” The BBC points out that the EU is “cautiously welcoming” the latest US initiatives. A spokesman for the European Union said that the European Commission recognized the decision of the United States to suspend the imposition of tariffs. According to another report, Airbus spokesman clay McConnell McConnell) said in a statement on the 12th that Airbus deeply regretted that the United States still imposed a 15% tariff on its products. “Although the recent actions taken by Europe are fully compliant, the United States still decides to maintain the tariff on Airbus, especially at a time when aviation and various industries are experiencing an unprecedented crisis.”