00:01The European Parliament and EU member states failed to reach a deal on eliminating EU tariffs on US industrial goods,
00:09as agreed under the Turnberry Agreement struck last summer.
00:12The setback comes just days after the US intensified pressure on European negotiators by threatening to impose 25% tariffs
00:21on EU cars, exceeding the 15% ceiling on US tariffs for EU goods, agreed last summer by US President
00:29Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland.
00:33Despite the failed round of talks, the Cypriot presidency representing EU member states said discussions had generated positive momentum.
00:43One EU diplomat told Euronews that the objective talks was mainly for both sides to lay out their political positions,
00:50with the technical negotiations expected at a later stage.
00:55Parliament has included robust safeguards in the EU-US deal, although member states do not back all of them, despite
01:02broadly agreeing on the need to protect the agreement from future threats by Trump, such as those concerning EU cars
01:10or Greenland earlier this year.
01:12Negotiators are now set for a new round of discussions on May the 19th.
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