00:00The EU's Trade Commissioner is set to meet his US counterpart on Tuesday in Paris amid
00:07rising tensions over tariffs.
00:10EU Trade Chief Maros Shetovic is scheduled to meet US Trade Representative Jameson Greer
00:17a few days after the US President said a 25% tariff would be placed on cars imported from
00:25the EU.
00:25Sources told Euronews, however, that Tuesday's meeting was planned prior to Trump's latest
00:31tariff threat.
00:33The move would be in breach of a US-EU trade deal that was agreed last summer, which caps
00:39US tariffs on EU goods at 15%.
00:42It led to the European Commission reiterating on Monday that if the US takes measures that
00:48are inconsistent with the deal, all options would remain open.
00:52Trump's threats followed criticism from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the US's
00:58stance on Iran and came as Washington announced it would withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany.
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