The European Union y USA They could reach a Trade Framework Agreement this weekendending months of uncertainty for the European industry, according to the Reuters agency, which cites community officials and diplomats.
The agreement will probably include A 15% basic tariff on all EU products That they enter the United States and one of 50% about European steel and aluminum, officials and diplomats said.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said Friday there are A 50-50 probability Or maybe less that the United States reaches a commercial agreement with the EU, and added that Brussels wanted to «make a very bad deal.»
One of the sources said it seems likely that an agreement can be reached this weekend, since «it is basically in Trump now.»
A source familiar with negotiations said there are «many possibilities» that the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, meets Trump In Scotland during the weekend.
A commission spokesman did not respond to the multiple requests for comments on a possible meeting.
Trump will visit his golf course on the west coast of Scotland and plans to meet Monday with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Combining goods, services and investments, the EU and the United States are, by far, its largest commercial partners. The US Chamber of Commerce before the EU warned in March that any conflict would be in danger 9.5 billion dollars of business in the most important commercial relationship in the world.