اروپا امروز: توافق اتحادیه اروپا و آمریکا بر سر پیمان تجاری همزمان با دیدار پوتین و شی در چین

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اروپا امروز: توافق اتحادیه اروپا و آمریکا بر سر پیمان تجاری همزمان با دیدار پوتین و شی در چین  نمایندگان پارلمان اروپا بر سر توافق تجاری اتحادیه اروپا و آمریکا که تیر پارسال با دونالد ترامپ امضا شد به توافق رسیدند و در این باره با برند لانگه، رئیس پرونده در پارلمان اروپا، گفتگو می‌کنیم. همزمان ولادیمیر پوتین در چین با شی جین پینگ دیدار می‌کند.  لب بیشتر : http://parsi.euronews.com/2026/05/20/europe-today-eu-reaches-agreement-on-trade-pact-with-us-as-putin-meets-jinping-in-china  مشترک شوید: یورونیوز به یازده زبان دیگر در دسترس شماست

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00:14Good morning, it is Wednesday the 20th of May. I'm Maeve McMahon and this is Europe Today.

00:20The place to go for all the news driving the day, live here on Euronews.

00:25Coming up, after a sleepless night in Strasbourg, MEPs have reached a deal on the controversial EU-US trade arrangement

00:32signed last July with Donald Trump in Scotland.

00:34We'll speak exclusively to Bernd Lange, the lead MEP for the Parliament.

00:39Also in Strasbourg today, MEPs will hold crunch talks and finalise the controversial EU returns bill as national capitals call

00:47for long-term solutions for rejected asylum seekers.

00:50After months of deliberation, it would allow EU capitals to strike deals with third countries and build deportation centres outside

00:58the Union.

01:00Plus, just days after Donald Trump's high-profile trip, Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing late last night for

01:07talks with his Chinese counterpart and, quote, long-standing friend Xi Jinping.

01:12The visit comes as the US confirms plans to withdraw more troops from Europe, insisting the move will not weaken

01:19NATO's deterrence capabilities.

01:20We'll be crossing live to the NATO headquarters.

01:23But first, to our top story, negotiators from the three EU institutions, the Parliament, Council and Commission have sealed a

01:30deal in the early hours on the EU-US trade pact struck last summer in Scotland.

01:35After watering down safeguard measures, relations with the US remain fragile as President Trump continues to use tariffs as a

01:42tool to pressure allies.

01:44For more, I'm joined here in the studio by our Europe editor, Maria Tadeo.

01:48Good morning, Maria.

01:48Good morning.

01:49So they got the deal over the line. What's in it?

01:51Well, they got it over the line.

01:52They agree now to expedite the implementation of the arrangement that was agreed last summer between President Donald Trump and

01:59the head of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,

02:00just to bring our viewers up to speed with this deal, the tariffs on US industrial goods will go down

02:06to zero.

02:07Tariffs on European imports heading into the US would triple.

02:11At this stage, the thrust of this issue is the European Parliament now gives the approval, the consent to move

02:18on and go ahead with the implementation.

02:20They do this in a context in which the President of the US had threatened to double tariffs on European

02:27cars by July the 4th.

02:28That is, of course, America's Independence Day if this did not happen.

02:33What the European Parliament agrees now is that this will put the relationship on a more stable footing.

02:38That is questionable, of course, given the context between the US, the Trump presidency and Brussels.

02:43And they also say, which is put together in this arrangement that we have now cut yesterday at about 2

02:49.30 in the morning,

02:51is that they will go ahead, expedite the implementation.

02:53But they also argue that it comes with some safeguards.

02:57Of course, we've had time now to look at the fine print.

02:59When I look at this, what I would argue is that the safeguards have, in fact, been watered down to

03:03get this under the line.

03:05There are no mentions.

03:06At some point, this was floated.

03:07The idea of territorial integrity in the European Union,

03:10and a lot of this going back to the threats that President Trump made on Greenland,

03:14and therefore also Denmark, a member of the EU that does not feature.

03:17They do have a clause that says the Commission would have a right to suspend some of the parts of

03:23the agreement

03:24if we do not see tariffs and duties on steel and aluminum come down by the end of the year.

03:29Remember, they're now standing at around 50 percent.

03:32There has been no tariff relief on that front when it comes to the Americans on the EU.

03:37And they also say this could be suspended altogether by 2029.

03:41Of course, by 2029, President Trump will not be in offer.

03:44When I look at this, ultimately, the Parliament agrees in a very difficult context to move ahead,

03:49fearing that if not, that would lead to escalation and more tariffs by July.

03:54Ultimately, will this change anything about the fundamental core of the arrangement?

03:59No, the 15 percent of European goods will stay.

04:02And of course, the U.S. will still remain as a winner out of this with industrial goods coming down

04:06to zero

04:07and promised by the Europeans to buy and spend billions on U.S. weapons and energy.

04:12The deal, the core of it, stays as it is. It is stilted in favour of the U.S.

04:16OK, Maria Steyo, thank you so much for that.

04:18And shortly, you'll be speaking exclusively to Bernd Lange, one of the top negotiators on that deal,

04:22who was up all night. So stay with us here in the studio for that.

04:25But now, moving on, Russia's Vladimir Putin is back in Beijing, meeting Xi Jinping.

04:30But this visit feels very different from Donald Trump's just last week.

04:33So far, both leaders have hailed the important Russia-China ties,

04:37which Xi, calling Putin a dear friend.

04:39Our Yakub Yanis has more.

04:42It's been less than a week since Donald Trump's visit to Beijing.

04:46And now it's Vladimir Putin's turn to land in the Chinese capital for a state meeting with Xi Jinping.

04:51And to see past the official agenda, you just have to look at the guest list.

04:54When the U.S. president visited, he brought tech and finance executives.

04:58Putin's massive delegation, however, includes five deputy prime ministers,

05:03eight ministers, regional governors and the head of Russia's central bank.

05:07So what does this power play actually signal for Europe?

05:12For Russia, China has become a critical economic lifeline.

05:16With bilateral trade topping $200 billion for three straight years,

05:21Moscow is structurally dependent on Beijing for industrial machinery, electronics and cars.

05:26And with major Russian banks cut off from Western financial systems,

05:30trade settlements in Chinese yuan have exploded from less than 2% in 2022

05:34to almost 30 to 40% of Russia's total trade.

05:39And for China, Beijing is buying record amounts of discounted Russian oil,

05:44so over 100 million tons a year.

05:47And at the same time, Xi is pushing for a massive new gas pipeline called the Power of Siberia 2.

05:53And the maths is simple.

05:55The Chinese leader wants cheap Russian raw materials,

05:58but he cannot risk Western penalties blocking Chinese exports to valuable European markets.

06:04But hey, look at who else was on that plane.

06:07Notably, Kirill Dmitriev, so head of Russia's direct investment fund,

06:12and Kremlin's key negotiator with Washington,

06:15hoping to leverage China's diplomatic weight to win down the Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

06:20But for Beijing, it's all about the Taiwan cut.

06:23And by showing Washington how close it can get to Moscow,

06:27China is pressuring Trump to limit US multi-billion dollar arms sales to Taiwan.

06:31And you see, Putin and Xi have met more than 40 times

06:35and openly called each other old friends.

06:37So if Europe is just waiting for these two to retire, there is bad news.

06:41Last year, Hot Mike caught them discussing leaving until 150.

06:46So maybe that will be just enough time for Europe to finally decide on its stance.

06:51And if not, maybe to learn Mandarin.

06:58Now moving on, the Brexit debate is back on the agenda

07:02after Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership rivals

07:04suggested that the UK's place could be back here in the European Union.

07:09Euronews correspondent Marek Gwynn spoke exclusively to the UK's

07:12State Minister for Trade from Strasbourg

07:14and started by asking him whether his government should ditch its red lines

07:18and try to rejoin the EU's single market.

07:21Well, the red lines were an agreement that we had between ourselves

07:24and the British public who elected us in the general election.

07:27You're right, it's not even two years yet since the last general election.

07:30We've got another three years before the next general election

07:33and I'm sure that the Labour government is going to be pushing forward

07:36on all these different elements.

07:37If we had more regulatory alignment between the UK and the European Union,

07:42just as we're about to do on food and agricultural products,

07:45but did that in other sectors as well,

07:47I think you would see a significant saving to business across the whole of the continent

07:52and a significant increase in trade between the UK and the EU.

07:57And I think that there's a really strong feeling that in a few years' time

08:00it's perfectly possible that you will see British troops

08:03standing next to Danish troops and Spanish troops and German troops in Ukraine

08:08defending our European security.

08:11It would be crazy if by that time we haven't managed to achieve a trading arrangement

08:16which allowed them to use the same car and buy the same products online

08:20and use services across the whole of the continent as well.

08:25Yet while you're pushing for this, your government is clearly on very fragile ground right now.

08:29There will clearly be eventually an official leadership contest

08:33and one of the challenges of former Health Secretary West Streeting

08:37has already adopted a much bolder line on the post-Brexit relationship

08:42saying there needs to be a special relationship

08:44and even the possibility of rejoining the EU.

08:47Should that now be the Labour Party and the Labour government's line as well?

08:51Look, I've been a Remainer from the beginning of time

08:55and I remain a Remainer and I will remain a Remainer until my dying day.

08:59So, of course, I would love to see the UK as a member of the European Union

09:03but a vote was taken in 2016 and we had a general election in 2024

09:08in which we made commitments to the British public

09:11which I don't think we're about to surrender.

09:15The truth of the matter is we just need to get a common sense approach

09:19to so many different issues, whether it's business travel

09:21and it's British performing artists being able to tour around Europe

09:25or it's standing up to the security threat and our need, for instance,

09:31we will need to produce more steel, green steel, in Europe, including in the UK

09:36to be able to create the armaments that we're going to need for the future

09:40if we're going to really significantly invest, as we've all said we're going to,

09:44in defence and security.

09:47Now, if we're going to do that, we need to make sure that we have a good deal

09:50between the EU and the UK on steel, for instance.

09:53We need to make sure that British cars and electric vehicles

09:57can be sold in the European Union without additional burdens.

10:01All of these things, I think, to be honest, are just common sense.

10:03You also mentioned steel.

10:05The EU has recently halved its quotas and doubled its tariffs on foreign steel

10:09in response to the more hostile international landscape it's operating in.

10:14Are you afraid that the UK will be caught in that?

10:18So, on steel, we are having very productive conversations with steel.

10:22We, ourselves, are introducing new steel trade measures on the 1st of July,

10:26just as the European Union is.

10:28We need to make sure that we don't provide a problem for each other,

10:31because, frankly, the problem of that overcapacity in steel,

10:34which undermines sovereign steel capacity on the continent of Europe,

10:39is not provided by us.

10:41It's provided by China and some other countries in the world.

10:44But I'm very confident that we will come to a good arrangement on that.

10:47In relation to the idea of a European preference,

10:51a préférence aérobienne or made-in-Europe campaign,

10:54I'm very confident that people accept this idea,

10:57that the supply chains, in particular for cars and electric vehicles across Europe,

11:02include the UK.

11:04And if we're going to make sure that the whole of the continent of Europe prospers,

11:08I think made-in-Europe will probably have to include the UK as part of that agenda.

11:16Now moving on to NATO, where foreign ministers are preparing for a two-day summit in Sweden,

11:21where concerns over military hardware due to the US-Israel war in Iran are top of the agenda.

11:26Also on their plate, how Europe can assist in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz,

11:31if and when a resolution to the conflict emerges.

11:34For more, we can call straight over to NATO to your news correspondent, Shona Murray.

11:38Good morning, Shona.

11:39So military chiefs are very worried about ammunition stocks.

11:42What are they saying to you?

11:46Well, good morning, Maeve.

11:47Indeed, NATO foreign affairs ministers are meeting in Sweden for the next couple of days

11:51to discuss a number of seriously consequential issues that are facing the alliance,

11:55not least of which is this delivery of munitions.

11:57Because as we've seen, the United States is burning through its stockpiles of very critical weapons,

12:02including Patriot air defence systems.

12:05That can have a knock-on effect for Europe and Ukraine and its access to these weapons.

12:10In addition, Maeve, we've also seen over the last few weeks an announcement by the US

12:14for troop cuts across European territory and European NATO territory.

12:19And there's due to be a further announcement of this on Friday.

12:22Now, I'm joined here at NATO headquarters by Colonel Martin O'Donnell,

12:26who's a senior advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe.

12:30Martin, thanks a billion for joining us this morning.

12:32So, first of all, this troop cut. Now, we saw an announcement of 5,000 from Germany.

12:36Instead of taking 5,000 troops from Germany, the US is taking 4,000 or cancelling a brigade to Poland.

12:43But there is going to be subsequent cuts.

12:45The United States has already warned of this.

12:48But can you tell us a little bit more about the context?

12:51Yeah, sure. So I think you're talking about two separate things, but they share one thing in common.

12:55And I'll talk about the two separate things, but on the commonality, that is,

13:00the United States has made it abundantly clear that it needs to focus elsewhere, not just in Europe.

13:07It has stressed Europeans need to step up. Europeans are stepping up.

13:12There is agreement within the alliance that a stronger Europe equals a stronger NATO.

13:17So that's the commonality that those two things share.

13:21Separately, if you look at each one, you talked about the 5,000 with the 4,000.

13:25The 4,000 troops, the rotational brigade earmarked for Poland, this has never been about Poland.

13:33The other 1,000 troops, obviously, coming from Germany, from a long-range fires unit there.

13:41And so those are rotational forces. Rotational forces can rotate in and out.

13:44What's happening now is that the Supreme Allied Commander, General Grinkovic,

13:49in both his capacity as Supreme Allied Commander and as European Commander,

13:53is looking at how he needs to potentially adjust forces inside Europe to compensate for that,

13:59both U.S. forces and NATO forces.

14:02Separately, yes, the U.S., there's been indications that the U.S. will announce changes to the NATO force model.

14:12I think the important thing for your viewers to understand is that those adjustments have been discussed about with NATO

14:18over the course of the last many months.

14:20All right, this is, there should be no surprises on this.

14:23And it will focus on areas where we see Europeans very, very capable of stepping up.

14:28So the idea being that the first announcement was, I suppose, in the middle of a feud with Chancellor Mertz.

14:33This announcement is in relation to ongoing discussions and military planning.

14:38So it's a little bit more sort of forward planning.

14:41And can I ask you also about access to munitions?

14:44Because we've seen the United States burning through billions of dollars' worth of weapons.

14:47Now there's concerns that Europeans won't be able to access what they need for Ukraine.

14:52Yeah, so I think the United States has also made this clear that there's enough munitions.

14:58Munitions are still flowing, both to Europe and, most importantly, to Ukraine.

15:02Cannot stress enough the importance of the PERL, the prioritized Ukraine requirements list,

15:06and the contributions that we continue to need from nations to step up.

15:10We've seen many, many contributions from many European nations.

15:13We need more to keep coming in to ensure these munitions can continue to go to Ukraine.

15:17But I suppose in terms of our production, that's the key issue, isn't it?

15:19Because they can't keep up with the pace.

15:21So what needs to be done about production?

15:22Well, we need to increase our defense industrial base on both sides of the Atlantic.

15:26And that was a big part of the discussion that occurred here yesterday with the Chiefs of Defense meeting.

15:31I think that that will continue at the end of the week with the meeting of the foreign ministers.

15:35And just in relation to the drones, can you just quickly tell us a little bit about,

15:39because we've seen a lot more drone incursions across European territory.

15:42Just very quickly, is this something we need to be deeply concerned about?

15:46Yeah, so I think what, again, the viewers need to understand is we saw NATO shot down a drone yesterday

15:53that potentially threatened NATO airspace.

15:57We've done that before.

15:58We'll continue to do that.

15:59We're continuing to roll out ground-based interceptors for drones all along the eastern front

16:05as part of eastern century.

16:07And so viewers should be assured that NATO has a handle on this.

16:10Okay, Colonel Marlodon, thank you very much for joining us this morning.

16:12And back to you in studio, Maeve.

16:14Thank you so much.

16:15But now, as promised, it is time to dive deeper into our top story today.

16:19And that is, of course, that deal last night in Strasbourg on the EU-US trade deal.

16:23Maria, today, of course, is here with us on set.

16:25So over to you.

16:26Yes, Maeve, let's now go to Bernd Lange, because he is a top negotiator for this file.

16:32A deal has been agreed yesterday night.

16:34Let's go straight to our guest in Strasbourg.

16:38And, sir, you've had no sleep.

16:40So thank you so much for joining us.

16:42I've got to admit, I've defended you many times, every time you've delayed the vote,

16:47because this is a consequential decision for Europeans.

16:50Nonetheless, I'm surprised.

16:51You've now agreed to it.

16:52What changed?

16:55First of all, it's not a deal.

16:57It's a legislation, and that's really important, and therefore we had to be really careful.

17:02And secondly, we are not really delaying the process.

17:08The only delay we had was during the so-called Greenland exercise, where President Trump really

17:16used coercive measures against us.

17:19So now we have a safety net.

17:22So we are looking for safeguard mechanisms for a monitoring system.

17:27We are looking really to suspension clause, and we have also a clear sunset for the whole

17:33legislation.

17:34So this is a package which gives predictability and safety for us, for our consumer, for our

17:40industry.

17:41Therefore, I'm quite happy that you concluded it.

17:43But, sir, do you honestly believe that?

17:46Do you think you're going to have a more stable relationship with President Trump, because

17:49some would argue you've agreed to it, because it's threatening you to double tariffs on the

17:53cars?

17:53That's really what changed.

17:54Nothing else.

17:57Yeah, of course.

17:58We have now security, and that's so important.

18:01If, and as you know, this current legal base in the United States, the Straight Act 1 to

18:072, is expiring on the 24th of July, and nobody knows what will come after.

18:13And we have now clear criteria that if our deal is not respected on the U.S. side, then

18:20we will lift again the tariffs.

18:23Or secondly, as you know, the United States have really increased tariff for washing machine

18:31and other products after the deal of Scotland was concluded, and we want to bring them back.

18:36And also this has to be in our legislation.

18:39So this gives us insurance that we can act in a proper way if there are turbulences on the

18:47other side of the Atlantic.

18:48Mr. Lange, some would say it's in fact the opposite.

18:51The safeguards have been watered down.

18:53There is a clause here that argues the deal can be halted, but only after 2029.

18:59President Trump will be gone by then.

19:00Do you really believe you have the safeguards in place so that this is a balanced deal?

19:07I will not make any comment on the deal of Scotland.

19:11Now we have really a safety net.

19:14And yes, we have safeguards.

19:16We will have a monitoring of the economic consequences inside the European Union starting

19:22three months after this legislation is coming into force.

19:26And we have a lot of suspension clauses.

19:28And we have also clear regulation that if the United States will not decrease the tariffs

19:35for this metal product until the end of the year, then we will lift our tariffs for this

19:43product.

19:44And yes, we have a sunset clause.

19:46And this is really totally new.

19:48This was not foreseen.

19:49We will have an impact assessment about the whole exercise.

19:52And then we will start the negotiations after three years with the United States.

19:58So there is a really big package for giving us predictability.

20:02Although, of course, the sunset clause only kicks in in 2029, one year after President Trump

20:06links office.

20:07But I have to ask you about steel and aluminum, because this is very important for the European

20:11industry.

20:11What makes you think the U.S. will agree to lower them from 50 percent?

20:15Because we have seen no movement over a year.

20:17This is very painful for the European industry.

20:22That's not totally correct.

20:24So we have some movement on the 2nd of April.

20:26So I'm a motorcycle driver and motorcycles are relieved from this tariff.

20:34So back to 50 percent and some other products as well, but not all of them.

20:39So we are in contact and we give them a time until the end of the year.

20:43And if then it's not happening, then we will come back to our terrorists.

20:48So there is some room for maneuver on the U.S. side.

20:52And I hope that the U.S. administration will act properly.

20:58I just have to ask a final question.

21:00Now that you've agreed to expedite this, you say, I hope the U.S. will agree and comply

21:05too.

21:05Do you trust President Trump ultimately?

21:07Do you honestly believe he will go through his words?

21:14You never know what is coming in his mind.

21:17But we have the possibility to act.

21:20So if the conditions are not fulfilled, then we will reestablish immediately the European

21:26tariffs for U.S. products.

21:28And this is a clear message.

21:30Stick President Trump to the deal of Scotland.

21:34Then, of course, we can act in a proper way.

21:37If not, then we have our countermeasures ready.

21:40Well, Mr. Lange, thank you so much.

21:42I know you had a very short night.

21:43So thank you.

21:44I appreciate it for joining us this morning.

21:46Thank you so much as well to you, Maria, as well.

21:48And Bernd Lange, of course, will be having a busy day.

21:50He'll be speaking to the press a little bit later this morning.

21:52For more news, of course, on that compromise, you can read yournews.com.

21:56But that does bring this edition of Europe Today to a close.

21:59Reach out to us at europetoday at yournews.com.

22:01That is our email address.

22:02But as always, thank you so much for tuning in.

22:04Take care of yourself and see you soon on Euronews.

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