00:01The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has hit back at Donald Trump's latest tariff threat,
00:08stressing the United States is constrained by a limit that prevents it from increasing duties on its own.
00:15The U.S. president shocked Europeans last week when he suddenly threatened to raise tariffs on EU-made cars from
00:2215% to 25%, alleging non-compliance.
00:26A deal is a deal, and we have a deal.
00:30And the essence of this deal is prosperity, common rules, and reliability.
00:38Now we are both implementing this deal while respecting the different democratic procedures we have on both sides.
00:49On the European Union side, we are now in the final stages of implementing the remaining tariff commitments.
00:57So we want, from this work, mutual gain, cooperation, and reliability, and we are prepared for every scenario.
01:06According to the joint statement published by Brussels and Washington last year, the U.S. was meant to lower tariffs
01:14on EU-made cars upon the introduction of the legislation rather than its final approval.
01:20At the same time, the U.S. committed to an all-inclusive cap of 15% on EU goods, precluding
01:28the accumulation of additional duties.
01:30Since Trump posted this threat on Friday, Brussels has been seeking clarity from Washington about the reasoning behind it.
01:38The Q&A is a bill of
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